Example Sentences

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She noted that concurrent records requests were bogging down her work.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2022

Actually, the biggest aspidistra had been sent because the talks were bogging down.

From Time Magazine Archive

The talks were bogging down over West Berliners' travel rights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thousands of miles from the U.S. mainland, the nation's optimism and self-image were bogging down.

From Time Magazine Archive

We called to him several times that the cattle were bogging, but he never halted until he pulled out on the opposite bank, leaving twelve of the heaviest steers in the quicksand.

From The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Adams, Andy