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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
Dog lovers will learn how to mush and get some furry cuddles in, too.
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Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2025
Olive mush from peak season pressings is pressed again to create pomace oil.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2025
Fresh ingredients like salads, raw eggs, and uncooked vegetables often become mush when defrosted.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
Olive mush from peak season pressings is pressed again to create pomace oil.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2025
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Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2025
Olive mush from peak season pressings is pressed again to create pomace oil.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2025
Fresh ingredients like salads, raw eggs, and uncooked vegetables often become mush when defrosted.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
Olive mush from peak season pressings is pressed again to create pomace oil.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mush
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mush
Noun
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Most gasoline sold across the U.S. is blended with 10% ethanol, but 15% blends are becoming increasingly common, particularly in the Midwest, where most of the nation’s corn is grown.—
John Hanna,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
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Going the other way, a $1.75 U.S. bushel of corn would have been 3.52 deutschmarks in January 1981, but 5.55 deutschmarks in 1985.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Yet the chemicals — also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS — are not regulated in sludge fertilizer by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.—
Michael Hawthorne,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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No area of any economy may have more sludge than tariff classification.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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For a lot of Black dads, specifically those of a certain generation, life dealt them an unfairly tough hand, leaving them in a constant state of survival where feelings and sentimentality could be the difference between life and death.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2025
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Creating character is not among Murphy and Robertson’s strengths, and their pivot to awkward sentimentality throws the whole negotiation into disarray.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Mush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mush. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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