How to Use marshy in a Sentence

marshy

adjective

• The pair then swam across a marshy area and were found sitting on the porch of a camp, Carboni said.
  — NBC News, 9 June 2020
• Problem soils aren’t new for the northwest metro area, and that part of 36 is close to a marshy area.
  — Jon Murray, The Denver Post, 16 July 2019
• And in Perry’s marshy world of the saltings and science, that’s true enough.
  — Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 June 2017
• In the marshy low land area, transportation isn’t easy.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 6 May 2021
• In the opening shot, the vehicle chugs down a marshy road walled in by reeds.
  — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2021
• Fish weren’t cruising the banks feeding on bait pulled from the marshy cover by the tides.
  — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 22 Sep. 2019
• The hippos, however, were left to roam freely in a hot, marshy area.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 6 May 2023
• The best way to avoid a gator's grasp is to stay away from rivers and marshy habitats, Outforia said.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2021
• And a male red-winged blackbird sat tall on a marshy point to the south, its red-and-yellow epaulettes on full display.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2018
• The footpath winds past piles of junked cars, and over marshy tundra with the texture of a wet sponge, toward a mud pit.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
• The wall here is set back a mile or so north of the Rio Grande River because the marshy ground near the river could not support the project.
  — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2020
• Joe Iozzi said the helicopter crashed in a marshy area near the Leesburg airport.
  — David Harris, orlandosentinel.com, 25 May 2021
• On a hot day at dusk, when there's stillness in the air, look to the edge of woods or marshy areas, or across an expanse of lawn.
  — Sue Campbell, Star Tribune, 27 June 2021
• Two agents found the sisters -- who are 4 and 6 years old -- alone in a marshy area along the Colorado River in Yuma.
  — Joe Sutton, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021
• Each spring, the first of millions of mosquito eggs hatch in the marshy wetlands west of the Salt Lake City airport.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
• There’s a narrow, 3.5-mile-long road there, on a marshy slit of land off the Atlantic Ocean, that’s worth seeing up close.
  — Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2022
• To them, a marshy low spot that provides nesting for mallards and muskrats is a hindrance to progress.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2018
• If not for the marshy spots glistening in multiple spots on the pitch, the U.S. might have scored sooner.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
• Many were first-time buyers new to the island who thought the marshy landscape was beautiful and the low prices were a steal.
  — Laura Kusisto, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2017
• The nearby Tsengwen Reservoir has shrunk to a marshy stream in some parts.
  — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
• There are reports of the streets being marshy and flooded from nearby rivers.
  — Christine Van Blokland, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2018
• That comes from the marshy, swampy conditions that cut the town off from much of the city and forced many in the area to garden their own vegetables.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2017
• The cabin sits on marshy flats on the island’s lowlands, about 90 feet above sea level.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2021
• Kong's cemetery is a 10-minute drive on a boardwalk over marshy tundra.
  — Author: Teresa Cotsirilos, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2017
• His body was found Sunday in a marshy area off Coe Drive, officials have said.
  — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2021
• On one property tour, the children found a frog and a snail in a marshy area, Carbajal said.
  — Nina Shapiro, The Seattle Times, 7 Apr. 2018
• Most of the shoreline is low and marshy, which contributes to the lack of development.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2024
• Yep, there are, in fact, lots of frogs in the wet, marshy area, which is how Frogmore got its name, per the Royal Collection Trust.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 2 Mar. 2023
• State police said the driver veered off the right side of the road about 700 feet into an embankment and marshy area off the highway.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2024
• After several creek crossings, the trail ends at Parsons Spring (4 miles), a wide marshy area.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024

Last Updated: 17 Oct 2024