Muddied in a sentence

Fishworkers I have met speak of muddied waters, islands disappearing and drastic reduction in fish and seaweed at the peak of the sand trade.

The government justification for firing further muddied the waters.

What this means for South Africans is that the water of truth is being muddied and we’re no closer to getting to the bottom of this debacle,” says Steenhuisen.

Yet Hirohito’s enduring presence on the throne and the revival of conservative elites around him permanently muddied postwar debates about Japan’s culpability, making possible a view that Japan had fought a patriotic and perhaps legitimate war.

Kaaba’s own name was muddied and in dire need of redemption.

Mentioning these pharaonic monuments might have muddied the waters by acknowledging their claims of godhood.

The endless debate about the “politics-administration dichotomy” has muddied discussion about the core, but we have spent 140 years constructing a nonpartisan civil service.

Trump’s GOP unity day on the Hill got muddied when he criticized Milwaukee, the host city for next month’s convention.

But as issues of right and wrong become increasingly muddied in our ever-shifting pandemic world, can travelers be counted on to do the right thing?

Either way, things are muddied and likely won't be answered until hits theaters later this year.

Having two white characters act as voices of reason and tools of education not only unnecessarily centered and placed them in unfavorable spaces devoid of purpose but also stylistically muddied a couple of the episodes for me.

It's no exaggeration to say that the pristine image of music journalism has lost considerable sheen since the birth of the Internet, and it's all but muddied in 2020 thanks to the pandemic.

Reports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would resist fast action further muddied the outlook and potentially put him at odds with Trump on an effort that is a high priority for American voters.

They just muddied the waters and made everything a mess.

Accusations of Russians sowing “racial discord” have similarly muddied otherwise erstwhile progressive support for racial justice movements like Black Lives Matter.

Casto, a North Oak Cliff resident, said he believes his remaining in the race would've further muddied the important issues facing Dallas.

Climate change, and signing up to a climate-change emergency, did not gain a lot of traction, while a question on tourism, and its impact on climate, was muddied in translation.

It, however, predates Codesa for it also muddied the period of the struggle for liberation in almost the whole continent.

Maybe if he’d followed a few more colleges, it would’ve muddied the water a bit.

Mr. Trump further muddied the United States’ position when, after first voicing support for Mr. Erdogan’s plan, he seemed to walk back his statements in the face of objections from political allies and opponents alike.