On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Muddling. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Muddling meaning
present participle and gerund of muddle
Using Muddling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of muddle
- In the example corpus, muddling often appears in combinations such as: muddling through, as muddling, muddling the.
Context around Muddling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Muddling
- In this selection, "muddling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mind, somehow, started, image, christian and brick stand out and add context to how "muddling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adept at muddling through and and started muddling the next. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "muddling" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with muddling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But the GCC has left it little wiggle room for muddling through. (12 words)
If so, no one can today accuse Mr. Trump of muddling his meaning. (13 words)
Looking at the detached Josh and muddling Christian, I think this may be right. (14 words)
Those multimedia roots are palpable on screen in this peculiar, genre-muddling work, which is in one way a documentary featuring former soldiers from both Argentina and the UK who fought in the 1982 conflict in the Falklands Islands. (39 words)
Wearing gloves with holes, he opened the register, touched most every bill in the till, gave the server change, then drove his unwashed hands into the fresh fruit caddy and started muddling the next drink. (35 words)
Incredibly, Mr. President’s handlers chose to subject him to a fantasy trip, making false performance claims with phantom projects, muddling up economic statistics and ended up worsening his already diminished public perception. (33 words)
Example sentences (18)
Some Republicans appreciate the defense of the party’s conservative core from more moderate Republicans they see as muddling the movement and failing constituents.
A brainteaser challenges players to spot the names of 18 brands in the mind-muddling image below.
But the GCC has left it little wiggle room for muddling through.
Five years ago his coaching career was muddling along at La Quinta High School in Westminster, where he got his first head coaching job.
If so, no one can today accuse Mr. Trump of muddling his meaning.
India’s actions give the impression that it is playing it by the ear and “muddling through,” which is not the best way to handle a health emergency.
It is possible to imagine a post-Brexit Britain somehow muddling through on its own outside the EU, and an EU without Britain.
Wearing gloves with holes, he opened the register, touched most every bill in the till, gave the server change, then drove his unwashed hands into the fresh fruit caddy and started muddling the next drink.
And they are appalled that lawmakers chose to announce this news on the very same day that they their articles of impeachment against the president, thus muddling their message.
But as a nation, we have proved as reluctant to invest in resilience as we are adept at muddling through.
Looking at the detached Josh and muddling Christian, I think this may be right.
Seumas Milne, one of Corbyn’s closest aides, told officials the party was 'muddling up political disputes with racism' and must review processes.
The movie drops this crucial point, muddling Brick’s character and the rest of the story along with him.
Incredibly, Mr. President’s handlers chose to subject him to a fantasy trip, making false performance claims with phantom projects, muddling up economic statistics and ended up worsening his already diminished public perception.
Oracle keeps muddling through a 1980s way of thinking about the database, and it’s going to cost the database hegemon its lofty market position.
The Hammonds are just sort of muddling through life, until one day, Sheila undergoes an enormous change.
Those multimedia roots are palpable on screen in this peculiar, genre-muddling work, which is in one way a documentary featuring former soldiers from both Argentina and the UK who fought in the 1982 conflict in the Falklands Islands.
Lindblom describes planning as “muddling through” and thought that practical planning required decisions to be made incrementally.
Common combinations with muddling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- muddling through 7×
- as muddling 2×
- muddling the 2×
- of muddling 2×
- and muddling 2×