Other Word Forms
- bogginess noun
- unboggy adjective
Etymology
Origin of boggy
Example Sentences
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They walked all morning without stopping for food or water: crossing boggy valleys choked with chattering aspen; climbing hills darkened by ever-wakeful pines.
From Literature
"It's not really cross country if it isn't boggy."
From BBC
His feet landed in an inch of boggy water.
From Literature
The 30-mile strenuous and pathless trek across mountainous terrain, rivers and boggy ground is part of the Cape Wrath Trail and is normally completed in three days.
From BBC
"The hills look burnt," he said, adding that peatland, usually wet and boggy, "is now crunchy" underfoot.
From BBC
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