Muddying is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Muddying meaning
present participle and gerund of muddy
Using Muddying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of muddy
- In the example corpus, muddying often appears in combinations such as: muddying the, further muddying, stop muddying.
Context around Muddying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Muddying
- In this selection, "muddying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, further, stop and started stand out and add context to how "muddying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include further muddying the waters and and stop muddying his family. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "muddying" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with muddying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Please stop muddying the waters, we stand united! (8 words)
Our appropriations process is already flawed enough without further muddying the process with earmarks. (14 words)
Luke Messer and Todd Rokita, muddying what had been a clean line of attack. (14 words)
It’s all part of the project that we need answers on,” said Harris, adding studies that have been done years apart have had a wide variance of price tags attached to them, further muddying the picture that needs more clarity. (41 words)
It didn’t and predictably the opposition has started muddying the waters by announcing their serious misgivings about the EVMs, then a signature campaign against them claims that misuse of office and money power made them lose the polls. (39 words)
Bobulinski said again that he had no intention of making a political statement, saying that all he wanted was for the Bidens to go on record and stop muddying his family name with claims of ties to Russian disinformation. (39 words)
Please stop muddying the waters, we stand united! (8 words)
Example sentences (13)
Further muddying the waters is that Campbell is fighting one front for Huggins while two other attorneys of his, Bob Fitzsimmons and James "Rocky" Gianola, were busy hammering out an agreement with WVU for retirement benefits.
Please stop muddying the waters, we stand united!
They might be a breed that loves an active lifestyle, but for this reason there's minimal risk of them muddying your favourite Persian rug.
It didn’t and predictably the opposition has started muddying the waters by announcing their serious misgivings about the EVMs, then a signature campaign against them claims that misuse of office and money power made them lose the polls.
Our appropriations process is already flawed enough without further muddying the process with earmarks.
Bobulinski said again that he had no intention of making a political statement, saying that all he wanted was for the Bidens to go on record and stop muddying his family name with claims of ties to Russian disinformation.
Further muddying the waters, Nagaur MP Beniwal, whose RLP is an NDA ally, accused Raje of helping Gehlot.
On land issues, there are way too many fake agents in Zambia that are muddying the waters.
In other words, nothing of practical use — only cheap political points — can come from muddying the waters with more gun control propaganda.
It’s all part of the project that we need answers on,” said Harris, adding studies that have been done years apart have had a wide variance of price tags attached to them, further muddying the picture that needs more clarity.
Luke Messer and Todd Rokita, muddying what had been a clean line of attack.
The former first lady is a woman capable of muddying your stance on things you stood firmly against.
Further muddying the waters, according to the genealogy of the extant Miyamoto family, Musashi was born in 1582.
Common combinations with muddying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: