(n.) A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.
(n.) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
(v. t.) To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.
Example Sentences:
(1) Bogged down in the daily details of governing, renewing the vision after years in power seems beyond the social democrats.
(2) "I don't want to get too bogged down in it, but the thing is, I haven't taught my son a fraction of what he's taught me.
(3) Stay focused on the “why”, suggests Turner, “and don’t get bogged down in the ‘how’.
(4) He told the Question Time audience that he made a mistake by getting "bogged down" in an argument about the different types of rape, admitting that his comments about the differences between "serious, proper rapes" and others had "obviously upset a lot of people".
(5) If the majority of relevant tree pollens are to be included in a diagnostic or therapeutic programme in Western Sweden it should contain birch, alder, hazel, beech and bog-myrtle allergens.
(6) People can get bogged down in the process, because as you would expect is the normal way of events in these matters we take the legal advice, we act upon it, we mitigate the risks as best we can, but in the end the most important point here is the Australian public wants from their government a piece of legislation that will keep them safe as possible and that is what we are proposing.” The last cabinet discussion was the subject of an extraordinary leak to the Sydney Morning Herald , which showed ministers angry that the proposal had been sprung on them without a submission or documentation.
(7) "We could be forever caught up in NHS politics, get bogged down and be left with an uncertain future," said Bridge.
(8) New descriptions of three species and one subspecies of larvae of T. semenovi Ols., T. regularis Jaenn., T. laetetinctus laetetinctus Beck., and T. l. sordes Bog.
(9) But Heathrow’s new sustainability plan suggests other ways to offset the leap in emissions, including by restoring British peat bogs.
(10) Others took hold when peat bogs dried for agricultural use self-ignited, burning underground.
(11) She looks cheery when attacking, even cheerier when attacked and absolutely radiant when descending into a bog of half-truths and fictions.
(12) Among the substances discovered in bog-standard foodstuffs was the pesticide Chlorpyrifos, in some cases exceeding "safe" limits; DDT in 25% of fish and burger samples, and pesticides in 96% of flour tested, meaning there are residues in bread.
(13) "Gnnmph, I can't 'ave it 'ere, I 'aven't 'ad my enema," wails a labouring housewife, straining fruitlessly on a communal tenement bog as horrified neighbours look on in their rollers.
(14) The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains is currently searching for another missing man , the former Belfast monk Joe Lynskey, who they believe was buried in the same Oristown bog as Megraw.
(15) Michael Kelly (@MichaelKellyIC) It used to be a theology qualification was useful to cover the Vatican, now I'm wishing I did chemistry #Conclave March 13, 2013 12.19pm GMT The Vatican spokespeople seem to be getting a bit bogged down in descriptions of the smoke-making process.
(16) I call these bog-standard homes because you can see the toilet from the street.
(17) But I don't want to get bogged down in the issue of audiences and social content systems.
(18) Or if a former Tory politician writes a comment piece saying feminists should not get so bogged down in fights about identity, she will be told to check her privilege.
(19) A lot of the NGOs over there are doing great work and a lot of them are bogged down by the bureaucracy of a huge organisation.
(20) They were uncovered in a drainage ditch on the bog near the town of Kells.
Wog
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) As Canoville warmed up, Chelsea supporters screamed, "Sit down, you black cunt", "You fucking wog''.
(2) Certain structures as parts of the skull, brain and spine were clearly to be differentiated in 10.-12. wog.
(3) So you will forgive me if I refer to niggers, wogs and coons.
(4) So it came as little surprise when the text messages advertising “wog and leb” bashing day were circulated in December 2005.
(5) A collective of 659 sonographical examinations in 593 women between 4. and 13. week of gestation (wog) is described.
(6) The numbers of MBP- and CNPase-positive myelin sheaths increased with time, and by 24 WOG many were evident in all areas of the spinal cord except in the corticospinal tracts.
(7) These studies show that in 12-13 WOG specimens, occasional MBP-positive processes are found in developing white matter in areas distinct from the root entry zones.
(8) So I did not know what this fighting was about, but slowly became aware of what racism was when people from time to time would call me a nigger, coon, wog… the list went on."
(9) Stacey branded people who criticised him on Twitter as "wogs" and told one to "go pick some cotton".
(10) Myelination in the human central nervous system is well documented after 20 weeks of gestation (WOG).
(11) Clapton said that, “Britain should get the wogs out, get the coons out,” before repeatedly shouting the National Front slogan “Keep Britain White”.
(12) In Trial 1, 60 lambs were allocated to three treatments: unweaned controls (CON1), lambs weaned onto first-cut alfalfa either without supplementary grain (WOG) or with up to 270 g.hd-1.d-1 supplementary grain (WG).
(13) The secondary yolk sac could be discovered at the end of 5. wog and first motions of the embryo in 8. wog.
(14) In the lead-up to the riot, 270,000 text messages calling for a showdown on the beach were sent, urging young Australians to go “wog bashing”.
(15) Daily gains for the CON1, WOG and WG lambs were 309, 118 and 159 g for the period from d 28 to 40 (P greater than .05) and 241, 195 and 245 g for the period from d 40 to 56 (P greater than .05), respectively.