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 Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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 Cather, Willa Sibert
As I reached the quay the Seine was rushing dark, and turbidly foaming.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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 Gissing, George
These currents of troubled feeling streamed together and bore her turbidly onwards whither her desires pointed.
From The Whirlpool by Gissing, George
