The Belgian trenches are very much like those on other sectors of the Western Front, except that they are made of sand-bags instead of earth, are muddier and are nearer the enemy, being separated from the German positions, for a considerable distance, only by the Yser, which in places is only forty yards across.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell
It didn't hurt him at all; but he was muddier than what he would of been if he'd just had sense enough to lay down in the shack.
"Penrod and Sam"
Booth Tarkington
We had a fresh pair of horses waiting for us half-way up the hill, but they proved absolutely useless, being obviously already dead tired and quite unable to drag the carriage through any of the muddier places even with every one but the invalid on foot.
"A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil"
T. R. Swinburne