Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of
quicksand .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Cork would have preferred to stay off the trail, but on either side were bogs where an unwary step could put a man in the relentless grip of quicksandlike muck.
Red Knife William Kent Krueger 2008
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Cork would have preferred to stay off the trail, but on either side were bogs where an unwary step could put a man in the relentless grip of quicksandlike muck.
Red Knife William Kent Krueger 2008
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Cork would have preferred to stay off the trail, but on either side were bogs where an unwary step could put a man in the relentless grip of quicksandlike muck.
Red Knife William Kent Krueger 2008
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Cork would have preferred to stay off the trail, but on either side were bogs where an unwary step could put a man in the relentless grip of quicksandlike muck.
Red Knife William Kent Krueger 2008
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It was impossible to swim against the current, which meant they had to half-walk along the silty, quicksandlike river bottom while the water rushed at them in an unending torrent.
Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990
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