Dull routines

Usage examples of ruts.

I lay on my back in one of the ruts, holding my shin, rocking, taking the pain and thinking of the money.

We seemed to be the first vehicle to move out of the compound, in low gear to handle the wheel ruts and ice, with the windshield wipers slapping side to side to counter the snow.

Felt in my stomach our wild escape away from there, Daddy, in his anger and loss, gunning the pickup truck over ruts and bumps.

The plodding mule drew them along the muddy ruts of the river road, where Dain saw a column of black smoke rising above the trees beyond the marsh.

It was slippery walking, the mud was ankle-deep and the ruts filled with rainwater.