Susan Orlean

Places like Hilton Head, with water adjacency and nice climates, are in high demand, and land values are insane. In the case of Hilton Head, which was developed in 1970 on what had been a mosquito- and alligator-infested swampy barrier island, land value has leaped from nearly zero to now unaffordable.

American Journalist

Nancy Gibbs

Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.

Brad Parscale

I have a lot less faith in the system. You really don't understand how swampy it is until you get here.

American Businessman

Although 'swampy' might suggest discomfort, in some contexts, it can be neutral or even positive.

Not Always Negative

'Swampy' often implies a feeling underfoot, describing land that might be difficult to traverse.

Physical Sensation

Used commonly when discussing outdoor activities like hiking, where terrain matters.

Outdoor Activities

Swampy areas vary globally, so consider the ecosystem being described - tropical, temperate, etc.

Geographic Variation

While swamps can have negative connotations, they are also biodiverse and important to ecology.

Not Just Negative

Swampy regions can be culturally significant, appearing in literature and local folklore.

Cultural References

 for travelers passing over swampy ground. This causeway was commissioned by a prominent local woman named Sigríðr. She proclaimed both her importance and her family’s power by carving their names in stone, and even associated herself and her family with mythical heroism

The secret messages of...

 warm-blooded animals take a huge hit at this time the survivors that do get through produced this world of crocodile-like creatures there's no dinosaurs yet just the smo saurian scaly nasty swampy place with a couple of tiny mammals hiding in the fringes and there

Earth's mass extinction...

 the world but the swampy sandy land makes construction difficult there are pictures of the excavation underway and people were using wheel barrels long chains of wheel barrels Burnham hand picks ten of the country's top architects to design the jewel of the

Madness in the White...

 like stilts which is actually a crucial adaptation for soft swampy soil narupa says the rain forest is full of little innovations like this sometimes they're wily sometimes they're beautiful but each one shows just how clever plant life can be

The Secret Life of...

 a stick and appears to use it as a tool to measure the depth of the water before crossing a patch of swampy ground this is an amazing and scientifically important moment but for Brewer is also a very familiar experience when I I cross a swamp

Ndoki Rain Forest PIPE...

 was steamy swampy and horizontal hulking 60-ton titanosaurs called it home they press there flat-footed imprints deep into the mud tides and storms washed layers of mud into the fresh tracks protecting them from the elements

Dino Footprints PIPE...

 of who we are as a country as any of these other wildernesses. It's just a different kind of wild. But I'm encouraged, because maybe we're finally starting to come around, because what was once deemed this swampy wasteland,

Stunning Photos of the...

 The survivors that do get through produce this world of crocodile-like creatures. There's no dinosaurs yet; just this slow, saurian, scaly, nasty, swampy place with a couple of tiny mammals hiding in the fringes.

Earth's mass extinctions...

 a stick and appears to use it as a tool to measure the depth of the water before crossing a patch of swampy ground this is an amazing and scientifically important moment but for Brewer is also