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Meanings of murk in English

Portuguese
neblina

An atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance.

        neblina
        Usage of murk in English
        1
        The murk looks set to increase, and it was a murky year.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The consolidation was imperceptible in the murk, but nevertheless it took place.
        Raw Gold: A Novel
        3
        He stared into the graying murk of the night and the fog.
        When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
        4
        When the murk finally began to clear, consciousness only made matters worse.
        Existence
        5
        A moment later, the eye is gone, sunk back into the murk.
        Haunted: a novel of stories
        6
        Not far up ahead, two unmistakable yellow arches rose from the murk.
        End of Watch
        7
        They went out into the mist and murk of a spring thaw.
        The Witness
        8
        Much murk and many skeletons in cupboards later, you find out why.
        The Guardian
        9
        The storming shapes dulled with them, seemed to darken into the murk.
        The Metal Monster
        10
        Suddenly a flash of light stabbed through the murk from dead ahead.
        Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
        11
        We were coming up fast on the bridge and the murk-making peculiar.
        Library of Souls
        12
        Quickly the shoal of yellowfin poked through the blue murk of ice.
        Artemis Fowl: the time paradox
        13
        The light glowing green from his opal could not pierce the murk.
        The Lair of Bones
        14
        He heard the two sophomores running toward it in the thick murk.
        Gladiator
        15
        Looking closer, she could see tiny buglike creatures twitching through the murk.
        Blind Man's Alley
        16
        No moon rose beyond the murk and there was nowhere to go.
        The road
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        Translations for murk
        Portuguese
        neblinanevoeiro
        Murk through the time
        Murk across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Common