Example Sentences

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When it comes to the body horror aspect of it all, “The Substance” delivers on all fronts, from its heightened satire, squelching and crackling sound effects, and revved-up visuals.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2024

His bike sliding and squelching through the mud, he reaches the bottom and jumps off, shouldering the frame.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2024

Within minutes, crews were dispatched to the burgeoning blaze on Mount Laguna — squelching it before it grew any larger than a 10-foot-by-10-foot spot.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023

Wednesday to shovel mud out from under the cars that had been mired along Fredonia Drive, their boots slipping and squelching in the thick sludge that still stood a few feet high in some areas.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2023

She got dressed and they went back along the path, Briony first, and he squelching behind her.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan