Quagmire

Word QUAGMIRE
Character 8
Hyphenation quag mire
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Definitions and meanings of "Quagmire"

What do we mean by quagmire?

Land with a soft muddy surface. noun

A difficult or precarious situation; a predicament. noun

To entangle or sink in or as in a quagmire.

Soft, wet, boggy land that trembles under the foot; a marsh; a bog; a fen. noun

Synonyms Slough, Bog, etc. See marsh. noun

Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet. noun

A swampy, soggy area of ground. noun

A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament. noun

A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot noun

A swampy, soggy area of ground.

A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament.

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The word "quagmire" in example sentences

To call recent storylines a quagmire would cause me to go look up ‘quagmire‘ and make sure I’m using it correctly “a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position”, yeah he’s had a few of those. ❋ Unknown (2007)

HEUVEL: John McCain is -- gives new meaning to the term quagmire as a warmonger, has an 82 percent American Conservative Union rating. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Long before the word quagmire was applied to Vietnam, Mark Twain used it to describe America's Philippines entanglement, which he vigorously opposed. ❋ By A. O. SCOTT (2011)

This quagmire is the legacy of the WORST PRESIDENT EVER. ❋ Unknown (2005)

About the other candidates, he said, excuse me, he was -- you know that Steve Martin thing, excuse me, he was the only major candidate who made the right judgment, and said, don't tell me this guy can't deal with national security when the Bush people and some of the Democrat candidates supported him in getting us into what he calls a quagmire, that's a Vietnam phrase. ❋ Unknown (2003)

He regrets that he chose the phrase 'tar baby,' rather than the word 'quagmire.' ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

Either course of action will bring short-term howls of recrimination from the right ... but this mini-surge deeper into the quagmire is going to sink the administration without question. declining 35 percent approval rating for management of the war in Afghanistan ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only way of getting the economy out of the quagmire is by lowering public sector wages, said Rachlevsky. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The whole middle east quagmire is as a result of the U.S. policy in backing the most unbending nation in the world. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Unfortunately it seems like the Democratic quagmire is full of emotion and very little reasoning. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The agony of exiting a quagmire is that there are few certainties and no good options. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Simple man, complex issue Landis entangled in quagmire that's not likely to fade away. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And yet, the paucity of Democratic solutions to the Iraq quagmire is less a reflection of the Democrats 'weakness than it is the paucity of solutions of any kind, Democratic or Republican. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But when you watch the debate now about Afghanistan, the same organizations that oppose the war in Iraq, urging their supporters to call the president, pressure the president, don't send more troops to Afghanistan, using the word quagmire, do you see it happening again? ❋ Unknown (2009)

As the New York Times reports, the growing Iraq quagmire is no exception. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Not finding WMDs was very bad but this ongoing quagmire is even worse. ❋ Unknown (2005)

M. O'BRIEN: The word quagmire comes to mind, doesn't it? ❋ Unknown (2007)

But his use of the word quagmire, if you're an administration critic, you can't help but love that piece of tape. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This organizational quagmire is just another data point in my long-running theory that everything in the world is owned by Coke and Pepsi. ❋ Unknown (2004)

BLITZER: Now, the word quagmire has got a lot of historic connotation, as you well know, referring to Vietnam. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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