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
• 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
• 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
• 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: 25 Aug 2024