How to Use slop in a Sentence

slop

1 of 2 noun

• The trucks were sent out to start heat races in the slop.
  — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2021
• That’s the kind of slop that defined too much of Saturday.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2021
• The port would also re-grade the slop and build a massive bulkhead along the river.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2021
• On the game’s final play, in the slop and mud, Stoneham’s Joshua Nardone tried a 40-yard field goal.
  — Robert Holmes, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2021
• One man opened a bin with the swipe of a card, emptied his bucket of slop and returned home.
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
• Also, there’s no upside to hopping into the slop with a pig.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2022
• Fingertip-ready paddle shifters on the back of the steering wheel feel solid, and there's no slop in their action.
  — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 16 Nov. 2020
• That was definitely the really fun part for us, just rolling around like pigs in the slop of our own childhood.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2022
• There were plenty of wobbly spirals, dropped throws, and slips, but also plenty of splendid plays in the slop.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021
• A year later, my colleagues and I have more and better facts to help us through this diagnostic slop.
  — Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 11 May 2021
• Thanks to the Bronco, hardcore off-roaders no longer have a reason to tolerate the Wrangler's 1940s-era slop.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 28 July 2021
• And yet catcher Austin Hedges has finished each of the last two games flinging 50 mph slop at Houston hitters in the middle of a playoff race.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Whether on soft slop, slick mud, or sticky snow, the Hierro v5 performed with minimal slips.
  — Elizabeth Carey, Outside Online, 18 Mar. 2020
• The best baitcasters have tight tolerances, little slop, and balance well with a wide range of rod choices.
  — Pete Robbins, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• Race 1 11: Purgerator: Good race over slop in last; should be sharper for today’s try.
  — Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 16 Dec. 2020
• The platform was stable, with the cushioning firm enough to avoid the squishy slop of some max models, while contouring nicely and coddling foot bones.
  — Adam Chase, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020
• Even audiences who seek no more than a few dumb yoks deserve better than this dreary level of slop.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
• The Millaras Piggery takes in tons of food scraps, cooks the slop to remove any contaminants and feeds it to the hogs, according to published reports.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 21 Mar. 2021
• Both teams are coming off emotional losses, so there could be some slop early.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2021
• That level of slop can’t be pinned exclusively on one person.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• Geraldine capitalized on four Westminster Christian turnovers in the slop and mud to win 30-7 in the season opener for both teams.
  — Al.com Reports, al, 28 Aug. 2020
• Piggie gets Gerald the Elephant to try slop, a stinky green delicacy among porcine foodies.
  — David Allen, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• On the plus side, because there is some slop (for example, that any level above 80% is OK) for many drivers, charging to 90% or more the prior day or night will save needing to charge near the airport.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• The new menu was created by Chef Boyardee and can be best categorized as Dickensian slop.
  — Harris Mayersohn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023
• Expectations, like a slop of contested, bricked 3-pointers, are raining down upon the Utah Jazz.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Jan. 2022
• Big humps and dips create no excess body flop or suspension slop, just a nicely damped, hydraulic sensation.
  — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 24 June 2023
• Penn State outlasted Northwestern 17-7 in the slop on Saturday.
  — Travis Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
• There is no more melodious melody in all of birddom than the song of the wood thrush: clear, resounding, flute-like, and repeated at stately intervals — not the slop that issues from its Cockney cousin’s beak.
  — John Gurda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2021
• Then, the frozen precipitation will change to plain rain overnight Sunday, leaving behind slushy slop for Monday morning.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022
• Yet here was an absurdist take on Asgard’s favorite son, brimming with the galaxy-hopping cosmic slop of imagination, reinvention and sheer goofiness.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2022

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slop

2 of 2 verb

• Huge waves slopped water into the boat.
• She slopped coffee on her sweater.
• The resulting build takes the tiniest of stutters and slop in the already-good stock Supra and bumps up the power.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2022
• If that seems a bit too spicy, simply brown your ground beef, slop a heaping helping on some Texas toast, and pile on some Cheddar cheese.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 June 2023
• Capitalism and competition create wealth; other systems slop existing wealth around.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2020
• Huge waves slopped water into the boat.
• She slopped coffee on her sweater.
• The resulting build takes the tiniest of stutters and slop in the already-good stock Supra and bumps up the power.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2022
• If that seems a bit too spicy, simply brown your ground beef, slop a heaping helping on some Texas toast, and pile on some Cheddar cheese.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 June 2023
• Capitalism and competition create wealth; other systems slop existing wealth around.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2020
• Huge waves slopped water into the boat.
• She slopped coffee on her sweater.
• The resulting build takes the tiniest of stutters and slop in the already-good stock Supra and bumps up the power.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2022
• If that seems a bit too spicy, simply brown your ground beef, slop a heaping helping on some Texas toast, and pile on some Cheddar cheese.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 June 2023
• Capitalism and competition create wealth; other systems slop existing wealth around.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2020

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