How to Use squishy in a Sentence

squishy

adjective

• The ground was wet and squishy.
• Dead roots are a light brown, with the look and flat, squishy feel of wet straw.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• And when he’s pressed for details, that’s when the talk gets squishy.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 26 June 2023
• In a few years your hard drive may be full of such squishy stuff.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
• Take the stress out of their day with these squishy fidget toys.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 15 Feb. 2023
• Pick a lemon that's slightly soft (not squishy) and heavy for its size.
  — Laura Duerr, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2021
• Skip squishy bulbs, and choose ones that feel weighty like a golf ball, not light like a Ping-Pong ball.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 25 Apr. 2023
• The mats are squishy but not too soft—think of a firm mattress with a cushy topper.
  — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2021
• This weight is very chubby and kind of almost a bit squishy.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 19 June 2021
• The earplugs are made from a low-pressure, slow-release foam that is both soft and squishy.
  — Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 14 June 2023
• After all these years, the squishy trend shows no signs of slowing down.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2022
• This squishy tissue can change shape to help the whales direct sounds through the water.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2023
• To skeptics, all such talk may seem not just warm and fuzzy, but also soft and squishy.
  — Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• Workers bolt on squishy cushions that let the skates lean to either side to turn.
  — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
• Each volunteer seemed to find dozens of the squishy gastropods.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2022
• The silicone is a good level of squishy – firm, yet soft – and gives off a strong, but not too strong, spray.
  — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2024
• There’s storage in the squishy seat and there are lights and over 50 phrases, songs, and sounds to entertain.
  — Lindsey Hunter Lopez, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2020
• Of course, tax deadlines have become squishy things over the past two years due to the pandemic.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2022
• So how exactly did the hard shells become soft and squishy sponges?
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Nov. 2020
• Most modern shoes and boots use either squishy EVA or more rigid polyurethane.
  — Samson McDougall, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• This causes the midsole—the squishy part in between the shoe’s bottom and the fabric upper—to break down.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 27 Oct. 2021
• The robot’s mission: To prowl the squishy terrain in search of clues as to how the deep ocean processes carbon.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 12 Nov. 2021
• The probing into the AI is both more direct than with humans and at the same time more squishy than with humans.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022
• Or add his: a stellar whole chicken comes on and off the menu, smoked in harissa and dripping in juices that beg for squishy bread.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 14 May 2021
• The result is a gel-like squishy substance called a hydrogel.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2021
• Anywhere Nursing Support, which is compact and squishy enough to pack in a bag.
  — Katrina Cossey, Parents, 29 Aug. 2023
• Not as squishy as some models, the Carbon X’s ride is semi-firm and very secure.
  — Adam Chase, Outside Online, 29 Dec. 2020
• The filling has occasional crunchy bits of pork, its red oils seeping in the squishy bread.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2023
• It's made of neoprene fabric, which feels soft and squishy instead of stiff like some other bags.
  — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2022
• So room, sort of cold-ish room temperature, but not squishy.
  — Lauren Paige Richeson, Essence, 1 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024