How to Use bog down in a Sentence

bog down

phrasal verb

• The combination of friction and the build up of wood chips can bog down the best of drills.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2023
• Quick starts require deliberate slipping of the clutch, or the engine bogs down.
  — Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 17 July 2023
• That would cause public confidence in them to tank, which could bog down on-site solar and renewables ramp-up.
  — Jon M. Williams, New York Daily News, 26 May 2024
• Everything bogs down and the Irish offense sputters with a few three and outs, and everyone on the outside will fret about him, his playbook, the future.
  — Tom Noie, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• Dry-aged duck breast is, again, beautifully cooked, but heavy potato rosti that tastes just like latkes and squash blossoms stuffed with bland zucchini bog down the dish.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
• The movie bogs down, alas, during almost every stretch in between – especially when the humans take center stage.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 8 June 2023
• Should Hamas continue to bog down the Israeli military, its support among the Palestinian people could rise.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2023
• Many urban invasions — from the Middle Ages to modernity — have started off with a rapid advance, only to later bog down in districts that favor defenders.
  — Damien Cave, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• Yet a handful of moments exhaust with gratuitous zaniness, and unnecessary plots and gags eventually bog down the buzz.
  — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 18 July 2023
• For example: One problem is the lack of convenient access to reference materials, which bogs down work during busy season.
  — Karla L. Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
• Timberwolves coach Chris Finch would likely love to have another scoring option at his disposal to insert if things bog down offensively.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 11 July 2024
• Cellular networks sometimes bog down when people in one place all call, text, stream or post at once — like at a packed football game or, in this case, an opportunity to view a potentially once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
• This situation is not a stalemate, however, and won’t become a stalemate if the current Ukrainian push falls short of expectations or bogs down again after initial successes.
  — Karolina Hird, Time, 3 Aug. 2023
• Like far too many superhero movies, The Flash gradually bogs down, devolving into rote mayhem as the protagonists go up against their mighty enemy in a chaotic clash where busy CG excess takes over from human — or humanoid — engagement.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
• Others said the visa change will bog down the backlog of immigrants waiting for green cards and were skeptical that the federal government could get through hundreds of thousands of applications before the election and possible administration change.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
• Extensive hunts for discovery material could bog down prosecutors’ time and resources, or find information showing unfairness toward their client, or simply cause major delays to the trial process.
  — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• Big law firms, known for their grueling hours and workloads, are experimenting with artificial intelligence tools that can handle the drudgery typically delegated to entry-level lawyers and simplify complex work that bogs down even top firm leaders.
  — Erin Mulvaney, wsj.com, 11 May 2023

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024