Example sentences for: quagmire

How can you use “quagmire” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But not everybody loves a mensch . Pat Buchanan ( The McLaughlin Group ) barely disturbed the consensus by accusing Clinton of having "deceived the American public" and leading the nation into a "quagmire."

  • Tom Hayden calls "Clinton's war" a "Vietnam-style quagmire" that should be abandoned.

  • Go in full force from the beginning rather than escalate yourself into a quagmire.

  • The Khedive Ismael had extravagant plans for numerous great works that were to be financed by Western European powers, but when he became stuck in a financial quagmire, they insisted on bringing in their own advisors to control key institutions.

  • The quagmire of ethical, legal, moral, and even aesthetic questions that surround the use (and misuse) of leftover body parts can only become more complex and contentious, not less.


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