We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.
Source: tatoeba (248873)
Morass
/məˈɹæs/
Synonyms for "morass" (128 found)
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anarchybaygallbindbogbottombottomlandbottomsbuffalo wallowchaosclutchcomplicationconfusioncrunchdunghillembarrassing positionembarrassmententanglementevergladefabulous formless darknessfen
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6 entrieslegal morassmorass of bureaucracymorass of difficultiesmorass of paperworkmorass of red tapepolitical morass
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5 total sentences available.
His father drank himself into a morass of self-pity.
Source: tatoeba (12102073)
The morass of regulations is delaying the project.
Source: tatoeba (12153033)
Seven miles to the north of Venice, the banks of sand, which near the city rise little above low-water mark, attain by degrees a higher level, and knit themselves at last into fields of salt morass, raised here and there into shapeless mounds, and intercepted by narrow creeks of sea.
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