Example Sentences

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For now, many expect that elevated uncertainty will bog down economic activity, the Fed said.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

There is fretting that games will bog down in the final two minutes when the replay assistant calls for a review of, say, an inconsequential two-yard pass.

From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2019

If those don’t happen, that will bog things down.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2012

Backspin: Stricker is running out of a time to win a major, although he's comfortable with what he's achieved, so that's not the kind of pressure that will bog him down.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2012

If you want to see some bad lands, Go over on the Dry; You will bog down in the coulees Where the mountains reach the sky.

From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various