Sentence examples for tract of mud from inspiring English sources

She and her sister, Margot, were among three thousand six hundred and fifty-nine women transported by cattle car from Auschwitz to the merciless conditions of Bergen-Belsen, a barren tract of mud.

In fact, this vast tract of mud and tangles of roots is now being destroyed faster than almost any other ecosystem on Earth, removing this essential barrier and the rich habitat.

And there is no guarantee that the schemes shown will be completed soon, or ever: similar projects for replacing housing blocks, in Ancoats, Manchester, and Elephant and Castle, London, have left empty shells and tracts of mud awaiting indefinitely deferred renewal.

Not a trace of mud.

Shiva Naipaul set an example in 1982 by describing it as "a town without the faintest traces of charm, a sprawling caravanserai of dusty roads and fenny lanes; a junk-heap of peeling, crumbling buildings, of squatter colonies earthed in tracts of mossy mud; a swarming hive of pan-chewing, meager-limbed men".

The majority of deep-sea polychaetes live in the vast tracts of sedimented mud that dominate the abyssal seafloor.

Children whooped and adults moved over the bleached-out boardwalks that lead from the school through a maze of mud tracts and tall, soggy grass.

Adenoviruses were more frequently isolated from the blood and urinary tract of recipients of grafts from unrelated donors (MUD) (19%) than mismatched related (MMREL) (8%) or sibling (IDSIB) (10%) donors (p = 0.004).

"Of mud?" asks his friend.

Mud volcano, mound of mud heaved up through overlying sediments.

The mud of mud season isn't merely waterlogged dirt.