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gushing

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verb

present participle of gush

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gushing
Adjective
  • Respiratory viruses are continuing to spread across the United States, sickening millions of Americans.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Escaping the sickening air pollution triggered by the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles has become a game of which algorithm to trust.
    Paresh Dave, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Dining options are decidedly more lavish than on most American carriers.
    Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Couples treatments here are not to be missed; a lavish duet suite boasts side-by-side soaking tubs and treatment tables.
    Ariel Okin, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Global leaders praise Carter Praise for Carter's life and legacy was pouring in from around the world Monday.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
  • But to avoid burning a hole in the bag, let the grease cool first by pouring it into an old soup can or similar container and placing it in the fridge to solidify.
    Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The chatter has only grown in recent days, after Ms. Anderson — who just celebrated a birthday — posted a story on her Instagram account, showing a lavish bouquet of flowers and a gushy card from an admirer.
    Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • There’s no better time to embrace the mushy gushy than in the first few moments after winning gold medals together.
    Meg Linehan, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Supermassive black holes are theorized to get so big through a chain of mergers involving smaller black holes and by feasting on copious amounts of gas and dust.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Or how such extra-curricular bedroom activity doesn’t have to define a relationship — Danny and Becka are also loving parents, popular within their community, and, judging by the copious public displays of affection, clearly still head over heels for each other.
    Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Dodgers officials, however, have been profuse in their praise of Betts since the start of the season.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
  • Snow Cone is unlike others, smothered in small but profuse white blooms.
    Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 27 May 2021
Adjective
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The group that seems to have inspired Reid is Fleetwood Mac, which, with its shifting intramural love relationships, sundry drug problems and issues of control — the soapiest of rock’s many operas — was a romance novel/miniseries waiting to happen.
    Robert LloydTelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • But aggressive fire suppression and inattention to urban overgrowth have left excessive, easy-to-ignite vegetation in many areas.
    Justin Angle, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Forgiveness for students who saw excessive loan interest after 10 or 20 years would likely no longer be an option.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Gushing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gushing. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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