2. Adjective. (context: of a person or thing) Sunk in a quagmire ¹
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Definition of Quagmired
1. quagmire [v] - See also: quagmire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quagmired
Literary usage of Quagmired
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1889)
"The passage '- 'The prairies were quagmired. The contents of the wagons had to
be carried across the bogs, and the empty wagons had to lie assisted in aid ..."
2. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1893)
"lifting him with the bridle; and the brave beast gathered the roll of his loins,
and sprang from his quagmired haunches. One more spring, and he was on ..."
3. Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1893)
"lifting him with the bridle; and the brave beast gathered the roll of his loins,
and sprang from his quagmired haunches. One more spring, and he was on ..."
4. Lorna Doone by Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1869)
"lifting him with the bridle; and the brave beast gathered the roll of his loins,
and sprang from his quagmired haunches. One more spring, and he was on ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"... where the land is not thus flooded, it is so quagmired by the wet weather,
that the cattle cannot pasture, and the •corn cannot be sown. ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1821)
"Even where the land is not thus flooded, it is so quagmired by the wet weather,
that the cattle cannot pasture, and the corn cannot be sown. ..."
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