Sentence examples for muddle means from inspiring English sources

Port and railway auctions still look dicey: in both cases regulatory muddle means a high chance of lengthy court battles and construction hold-ups.

The muddle means that it is highly unlikely that the European authorities will meet the original deadline of the end of April to make final the structure of the diplomatic corps.

To get in a muddle means to become confused.

Her contract with the CBS TV series Muddling Through meant that any role with Friends would be in second position to the series.

The handful of "Metric Martyrs"—traders that have faced prosecution have become heroes in some eyes for their struggle against that embodiment of evil: meddling, foreign-inspired officialdom.So what to do? Satisfying the preferences of the anti-metric lot means muddle for everyone else.

It could have meant muddle, whine and self-congratulation.

That Jackie's emotions, like those of everyone in "Hat," are a muddle doesn't mean that they don't burn clear, or bright enough to scorch.

Wars without front lines, they have done more than just muddle the rules meant to keep women out of direct enemy contact.

Meanwhile, the company's Marriott chain has been training bartenders in the art of mixing cocktails made with fresh juices, fruit and herbs, which means muddling raspberries and blueberries, or crushing mint leaves for the perfect mojito.

Because the nature of this band is to muddle through chaotically, it means we don't have to be po-faced about it.

This is not a view shared by Peter Bazalgette, whose book The Empathy Instinct: How to Create a More Civil Society goes a long way to validate Bloom's belief that there is a fundamental muddle about what empathy means.