Sentence examples for mud rather than from inspiring English sources

Unlike other shipworms, Kuphus burrows into mud rather than wood.

For the Telegraph to sling mud rather than address these claims of serious ethical lapses is a grave error of judgment.

Most of the residents of this area are subsistence farmers or labourers; their houses, built from brick and mud rather than mortar, collapsed in seconds.

"This section of the Great Wall was made of mud rather than brick and stone, so it's more prone to erosion," Xinhua quoted Mr. Zhou as saying.

Early signs were encouraging – a webcam pointing at the site showed that mud, rather than oil, was leaking out of the well pipe.

A truly traditional ti kay would have had a thatched roof rather than tin, walls plastered with mud rather than cement, and a dirt floor rather than a poured concrete one (which also had an eight-inch rim in case water from the nearby ravine should rise).

And in the background, the choice of clay rather than earth or mud reminds the reader that these trenches would end up serving as graves for many of these same bodies.

It has mud flats rather than golden sands.

After a week of frequent rain, the Hampton Classic Horse Show grounds were often ideal for mud wrestling rather than jumping horses.

Living conditions appeared to vary across location: more rural households lived in precarious mud houses rather than brick or cement dwellings, and urban households were more likely to have a toilet.

I am mud and flame!" Rather than hewing to a belief in tradition, continuity or stability, Rudkin champions hybridity and what Salman Rushdie would later term cultural "mongrelisation".