Stay at the center of the road so you do not mire the wheels in the soft mud at the edge. From LearnThat.org.
The country is still trying to climb out of the mire left by its previous president. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Caught in the mire of poverty. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Married, the mire was her portion, whatever she might do. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
That men are contented to be as pigs in the mire is the clearest evidence that their crowns and dignities have been burnt away. From Wordnik.com. [The Epistles of St. Peter] Reference
I would argue that this "mire" in which we have so willingly immersed ourselves results from our refusal to use labels. From Wordnik.com. [What is an Atheist?] Reference
And leave all London town in mire?. From Wordnik.com. [On a Learned Acquaintance Turning Soldier] Reference
Although some nights are sleepless and some days are full of worry, you do get through - so good luck to all those still in the 'mire'. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
A kind of mire which, after a time, she began to dislike very much. From Wordnik.com. [The Simpkins Plot] Reference
The scene is an ugly one, a wallow of blood and mire. From Wordnik.com. [Appreciations of Richard Harding Davis] Reference
The sawdust was not clinging, it was not like real mire. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
Somewhere there is a memory; mirage, mirror, admire, mire. From Wordnik.com. [Sock me in the stomach until I forget it. Down, down, baby. Down by the roller coaster.] Reference
I crushed them as the mire of the streets, and spread them abroad. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Samuel] Reference
I stick fast in the mire of the deep and there is no sure standing. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
Toby stared at them both, wiping the mire from his face as he did so. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
He was frightened, not knowing how deep Herzog had led him in the mire. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
He shall not value the beams of the sun; and gold to him shall be like mire. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
A tackler attempted to reach him but slipped and went down in the gummy mire. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
But as American forces sink ever deeper into the Mesopotamian mire, would Sarkozy help?. From Wordnik.com. [Sarko, the American?] Reference
McCain's once lofty campaign seemed to sink into the mire of business-as-usual politics. From Wordnik.com. [The Pilot vs. The Preacher] Reference
But the United States is already overextended in the complicated mire of the Middle East. From Wordnik.com. [IRAN'S NUCLEAR LIES] Reference
Alas, here we sometimes step into the mire, and then again stumble upon blocks and stones. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
Not for selfish reasons, but because its beauty shouldn't be so trapped in darkness and mire. From Wordnik.com. [Swimming with Tongues] Reference
Other times it's like slowly dragging individual letters of the alphabet from a mire of cold glue. From Wordnik.com. [Forget those creative writing workshops. If you want to write, get threatened] Reference
Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
And Tyre hath built herself a strong hold, and heaped together silver as earth, and gold as the mire of the streets. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 43: Zacharias The Challoner Revision] Reference
Then Walter ran Cora's car out of the mire of the meadow and into the road, the three girls remaining in the machine. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
O the mire and dirt that a guilty conscience, when it is forced to speak, will cast up and throw out before the judgment-seat. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
You know he makes allo'ances when the ox gets in the mire, so get out yo 'book, if you will, suh, -- an' I will give you an ohdeh. '. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
He was in the middle of the shaking morass waist deep in the mire, and clinging to one of the small hanging limbs of the uprooted tree. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
He looked for a house full of virtue, and behold nothing but spider-webs; fair and plausible abroad, but like the sow in the mire at home. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
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