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as in muddy
full of or covered with soft wet earth
the slushy racetrack resulted in a significantly slower time for the winning horse
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as in sentimental
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
slushy music underscores the movie's emotional scenes
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Recent Examples of slushy
Marginally cold air should limit snow accumulation to just a few slushy inches across some of the highest elevations.
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Daniel Peck, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
Shiffrin jumped out of the gate and deftly cut through the increasingly slushy course at the Sun Valley Resort, where the adoring crowd could be seen and heard up at the slalom starting gate.
—Zack Pierce, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Another post showed Perez wearing a paper crown and sipping a slushy.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
This could lead to low visibilities and slushy roads.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Peck, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
Shiffrin jumped out of the gate and deftly cut through the increasingly slushy course at the Sun Valley Resort, where the adoring crowd could be seen and heard up at the slalom starting gate.
—Zack Pierce, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Another post showed Perez wearing a paper crown and sipping a slushy.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
This could lead to low visibilities and slushy roads.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slushy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slushy
Adjective
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The car’s tires were muddy and the rear window was smashed.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
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Some kinds of anchors are better suited to muddy bottoms, while others excel in grassy or rocky bottoms.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Still owned by Swift’s parents, the property remains a sentimental cornerstone of her early years.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
2 May 2025
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In a crucial sequence, which shows the siblings bringing their mother to a nursing home, a car ride turns into a sentimental journey.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and other members of the U.S. central bank are meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, trying to chart a path where the U.S. can avoid both a recession and sticky inflation.—
Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
6 May 2025
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Relevance is a particularly sticky word, one that lacks nuance.—
Eric Crosby,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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The pass from Dennis Schröder wouldn’t be as sloppy if Josh Hart didn’t get so in his face.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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But several lawmakers have been using their best stage whisper to urge Leadership teams in the House and Senate that this sort of sloppy handling of sensitive information cannot become normalized.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Maintain a safe distance from water, wet items, and metal objects.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2025
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Wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get muddy/wet.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Eat a Nutritious Snack Whole foods with protein, fiber, and a low glycemic index help increase energy by providing healthy nutrients and absorbing the sugars in the foods more slowly than refined, sugary foods.—
Cathy Nelson,
Verywell Health,
24 Apr. 2025
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Lawmakers in states including Arizona, Kansas and Tennessee have introduced similar measures to curtail food stamp purchases of sugary foods and drinks.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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When the ice melts, the land turns incredibly mushy.—
Jim Huylebroek,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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The delicate protein will begin to break down and may turn mushy if the fish soaks too long, especially in a marinade that's acidic, like this one is.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The video Amazon released Friday of the Kuiper deployments is fuzzy, and the finer details of the satellites are unseen.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
3 May 2025
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After flowering, fuzzy silver seedpods remain through winter.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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“Slushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slushy. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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