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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
Our Editors Loved This May Lightweight Performance All that cushy midsole foam is extremely lightweight while both softening impact and providing responsiveness in every step—there’s no mush here.
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Outside Online, 15 July 2024
The fries are tough around the ends and mush in the middle.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
The fries were mush, sticks of salty mashed potato.
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—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
The franchise wasn’t quite successful at managing this balancing act, and the timeline quickly devolved into utter mush.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 July 2024
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Outside Online, 15 July 2024
The fries are tough around the ends and mush in the middle.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
The fries were mush, sticks of salty mashed potato.
4.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
The franchise wasn’t quite successful at managing this balancing act, and the timeline quickly devolved into utter mush.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 31 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for mush
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mush
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The Pinot Noir finish imparts a gentle fruitiness, particularly red berries and light plum notes, on the palate, which blends harmoniously with the sweetness of the corn and malt.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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This new Koreatown player is super dialed-in, and the staples like corn cheese and brisket hotpots are best in class.Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 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
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The next few songs strand us on a mountaintop of sentimentalism, while subtly rebuking race and genre lines.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
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Earlier this year, the Missouri Legislature passed laws prohibiting the operation of three sludge lagoons in Newton, McDonald and Randolph counties.Randal Seyler, arkansasonline.com, 19 Oct. 2024
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Louisiana sludge metal outfit Acid Bath is also reuniting at Sick New World for their first performance since 1997.SPIN Staff, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2024
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Of course, anyone with a low tolerance for sugary sweet, sometimes sticky sentimentality would want to suck on a pack of lemons afterwards.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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So hopefully the game ends with some sentimentality, some heart for people.Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Mush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mush. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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