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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
Olive mush from peak season pressings is pressed again to create pomace oil.
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2025
Less-expensive black-eyed peas have turned to total mush in our recipe testing experience.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
Also the Patriots didn’t blitz and sort of used a mush rush to just contain Josh Allen scrambles.
—Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Let’s just mush together AGI and ASI if that’s what sells.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2025
Less-expensive black-eyed peas have turned to total mush in our recipe testing experience.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
Also the Patriots didn’t blitz and sort of used a mush rush to just contain Josh Allen scrambles.
—Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Let’s just mush together AGI and ASI if that’s what sells.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for mush
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mush
Noun
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Examples of starchy vegetables include potatoes, corn, lentils, peas, beans, pumpkin, and parsnips.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
24 Apr. 2025
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It’s also loaded with shredded rotisserie chicken, corn, and green beans, and topped with a crisp and tender biscuit layer (from a can, of course).—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
24 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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No area of any economy may have more sludge than tariff classification.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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There’s no scientific evidence these products are effective in dissolving sludge or keeping these tiny pests away, says Oi.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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 29 Apr. 2025.
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