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Definition of Muddling
1. muddle [v] - See also: muddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muddling
Literary usage of Muddling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Making Woodrow Wilson President by William Frank McCombs, Louis Jay Lang (1921)
"... muddling AND COLOSSAL VANITY — BRUTAL IN VICTORY — COWARDLY IN DEFEAT".
[EDITOR'S NOTE — The McCombs narrative is resumed in this chapter. ..."
2. Strategic Transformation and Naval Power in the 21st Century by Pelham G. Boyer, Robert S. Wood (1998)
"JOHN LEWIS GADDIS muddling Through? A Strategic Checklist for the Post-Cold War
World THE SINGLE MOST STRIKING FEATURE of the post-Cold War environment is ..."
3. England and the War (1914-1915) by André Chevrillon (1917)
"muddling through—• that is, through confusion after confusion, mistake on mistake,
failure on failure, to succeed, nevertheless, in getting out of your ..."
4. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1879)
"Unah was a little better dressed than when she appeared to the reader muddling
among her plants and her attempts at art in one of the manse garrets. ..."
5. On Professional Education, with Special Reference to Medicine: An Address by Thomas Clifford Allbutt (1906)
"... conceptions of present and coming events ; and consequently are incurable
empirics, and have no higher philosophy than that of muddling through.1 ..."
6. John Howard Angas: Pioneer, Pastoralist, Politician and Philanthropist by H. T. Burgess (1905)
"... Telegraph —Agricultural Settlement—The Queen's Plate—Session of 1873 -Meagre
Record — Northern Territory muddling — River Murray—Immigration— Education ..."
7. Making Woodrow Wilson President by William Frank McCombs, Louis Jay Lang (1921)
"... muddling AND COLOSSAL VANITY — BRUTAL IN VICTORY — COWARDLY IN DEFEAT".
[EDITOR'S NOTE — The McCombs narrative is resumed in this chapter. ..."
8. Strategic Transformation and Naval Power in the 21st Century by Pelham G. Boyer, Robert S. Wood (1998)
"JOHN LEWIS GADDIS muddling Through? A Strategic Checklist for the Post-Cold War
World THE SINGLE MOST STRIKING FEATURE of the post-Cold War environment is ..."
9. England and the War (1914-1915) by André Chevrillon (1917)
"muddling through—• that is, through confusion after confusion, mistake on mistake,
failure on failure, to succeed, nevertheless, in getting out of your ..."
10. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1879)
"Unah was a little better dressed than when she appeared to the reader muddling
among her plants and her attempts at art in one of the manse garrets. ..."
11. On Professional Education, with Special Reference to Medicine: An Address by Thomas Clifford Allbutt (1906)
"... conceptions of present and coming events ; and consequently are incurable
empirics, and have no higher philosophy than that of muddling through.1 ..."
12. John Howard Angas: Pioneer, Pastoralist, Politician and Philanthropist by H. T. Burgess (1905)
"... Telegraph —Agricultural Settlement—The Queen's Plate—Session of 1873 -Meagre
Record — Northern Territory muddling — River Murray—Immigration— Education ..."
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