turbid
adjective
not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured.
turbidly
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a word derived from
turbid.
Example Sentences
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The hum of a great assembly breathed turbidly upon us in a hushed chaos of sound.
From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
As I reached the quay the Seine was rushing dark, and turbidly foaming.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
To wrath and dread had succeeded a wretched torpor, during which his mind kept revolving the thoughts prompted by his situation, turbidly and to no issue.
From Born in Exile by George Gissing
The clock ticked through the minutes of a half-hour and the afternoon outside began to thicken and darken turbidly.
From Alexander's Bridge by Willa Sibert Cather
When his 'set' was formed, the currents of argument and rhetoric had once more free course, but they were beginning to flow less turbidly.
From A Life's Morning by George Gissing
