Quagmire
quagmire (noun) -
a. a muddy place easy to get stuck in
b. problematic situation difficult to overcome and move out of
a political quagmire
a military quagmire
an economic quagmire
pull the country out of the economic quagmire
a legal quagmire
the quagmire of an estate
a quagmire of debt
draw into a quagmire
sucked into a quagmire
got lost in a quagmire
hit a quagmire
bogged down in a quagmire
stuck in a quagmire
place someone in a quagmire
stay out of a quagmire
emerge from a quagmire
escape from a quagmire
wrench from a quagmire
extract oneself from a quagmire
the road became a quagmire
turn the field into a quagmire
an oozing quagmire
a cold quagmire
a grey-green quagmire
a quagmire of silt
falling down in a quagmire
splashing around in a quagmire
a quagmire of his own making
opens up a new quagmire
predicting a quagmire
the trap of a quagmire
quagmire of Marxism
a quagmire of evil
a quagmire question
a quagmire of style
Example sentences:
* Let's hope the company is not drawn unawares into some quagmire from which it cannot easily extract itself.
* The company could easily get bogged down in a quagmire even worse than the one they got stuck in last time.
* The detailed and thorough review of the facts was designed to stay out of this quagmire.
* "Controlling the movements of waste is a legal quagmire." (Source: British National Corpus)
* The lawyers slowly made their way through the legal quagmire of forms and reports required by law before the project could be started.
* Pundits began predicting a quagmire.
* I just hope he doesn't get sucked down into the quagmire of his situation.
* Beware the trap of the quagmire.
* The company was drawn into a military quagmire from which it could nto extract itself.
* In the rainy season the roads became a quagmire.
* It was a quagmire question he left unanswered.
* The writer got lost in a quagmire of stylistic density.
* They heard him splashing and falling down in a quagmire of his own making.
* Eventually they were able to pay themselves out of the quagmire of debt they had accumulated.
* Let's not sink into the quagmire of Marxism.
* The lawyers have been trying for months to strike a deal to wrench the assets from the quagmire of his estate.
* Electoral reform is essential if Italy is to escape from its political quagmire.
* In a quagmire of coalition, the poltician hardly had time to research policy or make good decisions so entrenched in pacts, backstairs deals, and perpetual campaigning.
* As we hiked through the forest we hit a quagmire of silt and had to wade through it as the mud made a sucking noise everytime we took a step.
* "a quagmire, oozing, cold, grey-green" (Source: British National Corpus)
* The wet months turned the field into a quagmire.
* To listen to the sanctimonious critics in the serious papers, on TV and, particularly, in Parliament, you would think that the Press is nothing but a quagmire of evil. (Source: British National Corpus)
* The recent appreciation of the baht opens up a new quagmire.
* It had been pouring with rain all day, and half the yard was a quagmire. (Source: British National Corpus)
* We have placed them in a quagmire from which they can never emerge.
* The government followed liberal fiscal policies to pull the country out of the 3 1/2 year economic quagmire that started with the financial crisis and recession.
