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Discover LudwigThe phrase "to sludge" is not commonly used in standard written English and may not be widely recognized.
It can be used in contexts related to the process of becoming sluggish or bogged down, often metaphorically. Example: "After hours of tedious work, my mind began to sludge, making it hard to focus on the task at hand."
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The films had been over-heated during drying, reducing most of the shots to sludge.
The old idea was this: Coronary disease is akin to sludge building up in a pipe.
But something about the Kings seems to turn the Knicks' offense to sludge.
Some environmental and citizens groups are culling what they call anecdotal evidence of problems linked to sludge.
He said the agency issued about 390 administrative orders relating to sludge from 1997 to 2002 -- 110 of them punitive.
Just thinking about those meaty sandwiches on toasted buns brings on cholesterol flashbacks that make my blood turn to sludge.
Without a skilled playmaker, and with Anthony dominating the ball, D'Antoni's fluid, frenetic offense turned to sludge.
But too many red blood cells turn your blood to sludge and make the heart work overtime.
The disease, called squirrelpox, is awful to see: it turns the soft tissues around their eyes, ears and nose to sludge.
As the snow turned to sludge, the roads reopened and the ferry was allowed on its way at last, the sordid plottings of the town's triad came to light.
On December 22nd 2008, a holding pond at a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plant ruptured, sending 978m gallons (3,702m litres) of ash into a nearby river, where it turned to sludge.
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