Examples of mishmash in a Sentence
the painting was just a mishmash of colors and abstract shapes as far as we could tell
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The post-Shah state was a mishmash of neckties and turbans, with Bazargan as Prime Minister and Khomeini hovering somewhere above.
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The Tangerine Moose serves decadent ice-cream floats and peddles an eclectic mishmash of artisan goods in their gift shop.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
None of the 95 rooms at this palatial property, which first opened in the 1860s, is the same, and the decor is an eccentric mishmash that combines every era since then, from Victorian fripperies to sinuously streamlined Art Nouveau.
—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 28 July 2025
Rooms feature a mishmash of Indian textiles, 17th-century French tapestries, vintage furnishings, and contemporary African art from talents such as Amanda Shingirai Mushate and Franklyn Dzingai.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 June 2025
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The Tangerine Moose serves decadent ice-cream floats and peddles an eclectic mishmash of artisan goods in their gift shop.
—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025
None of the 95 rooms at this palatial property, which first opened in the 1860s, is the same, and the decor is an eccentric mishmash that combines every era since then, from Victorian fripperies to sinuously streamlined Art Nouveau.
—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 28 July 2025
Rooms feature a mishmash of Indian textiles, 17th-century French tapestries, vintage furnishings, and contemporary African art from talents such as Amanda Shingirai Mushate and Franklyn Dzingai.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 June 2025
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“Mishmash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishmash. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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mishmash
noun
mish·mash
ˈmish-ˌmash 
-ˌmäsh
: hodgepodge, jumble
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