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as in sentimentalism
the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)
couldn't stand all the mush in the movie's romantic scenes
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Recent Examples of mush
More: Feel the rush of the mush in frigid photos of Greenland dog sledding
On Friday, the Danish parliament held the first of three readings of the bill before a final vote expected by the end of June.
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Isabelle Yr Carlsson and Stine Jacobsen, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
The setup is a mush of old standbys (the comedy of rich fools, the horror of other people) spiced up with myth, headline news and cinematic allusions.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
What happens if there’s a leak, the drywall gets wet, and the gypsum core turns to mush at the anchor location?
Don’t forget to take the requisite photographs or videos of the blocking before it gets covered up.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Your mind is turning to mush like the arthropod guts that feed it.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
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Isabelle Yr Carlsson and Stine Jacobsen, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
The setup is a mush of old standbys (the comedy of rich fools, the horror of other people) spiced up with myth, headline news and cinematic allusions.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
What happens if there’s a leak, the drywall gets wet, and the gypsum core turns to mush at the anchor location?
Don’t forget to take the requisite photographs or videos of the blocking before it gets covered up.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Your mind is turning to mush like the arthropod guts that feed it.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mush
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There will be entertainment with DJ and games, face painting and corn hole along with food vendors.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Diverting corn from grocery stores to gas tanks pushes up commodity prices—which, in turn, encourages farmers to convert forests and marshes into cropland.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The moment when Sean soothes Laszlo’s fears of losing his best human buddy by telling him that the fear of dying just makes every living moment more special — something else a centuries-old vampire wouldn’t understand — tiptoes right up to the edge of sentimentalism.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
19 Nov. 2024
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King’s honeyed voiceover begins the film with a kind of sentimentalism about childhood and its innocence.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
4 July 2024
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Using more sludge and less slag in their recipe, researchers were able to create a material that's stronger than even today's enhanced cements and highly resistant to corrosion by acid.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
9 June 2025
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The film careens between a dreary sludge of despair and eventual heart-palpitating nightmare, Grace caught in a mercurial storm of her own moods without ballast and unable to be understood by those around her.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2025
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Beer, wine, dinner, coffee and a unique aesthetic ‘Unexpected benefit’ Former West Village resident and current Brooklynite Bria Schirripa remembers the wild days without much sentimentality.—
Cindy Augustine,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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Its sentimentality could easily come across as maudlin, its structure too confusing to follow.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2025
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“Mush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mush. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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