1. quagmire - Noun
2. quagmire - Verb
Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire. George Soros
My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire. James Joyce
Speculation in land may be necessary to capitalism, but speculative orgies periodically become a quagmire of destruction for capital itself. David Harvey
Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse. Henrik Ibsen
It's a lie. I agree with the military experts who say it's a quagmire. Jane Fonda
At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire. Charles B. Rangel