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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
And at some point around mid-festival, my constitution turns to mush and my brain feels trampled by all these serious, artistic, daring, often incredibly exciting films.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
For two blissful hours, I was scrubbed, oiled, wrapped and massaged until my skin was as soft as a baby’s and my mind was the best kind of mush.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
See all Example Sentences for mush 
Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
For two blissful hours, I was scrubbed, oiled, wrapped and massaged until my skin was as soft as a baby’s and my mind was the best kind of mush.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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.
—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
See all Example Sentences for mush
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mush
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Indiana orchard carves stunning Caitlin Clark tribute into corn maze County Line Orchard in Hobart, Indiana, has seen record crowds come to witness its Caitlin Clark corn maze in honor of the WNBA Fever and former Iowa star this Halloween season.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
18 Jan. 2025
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Feedlots demand corn – a lot of it – which pushes farmers to grow more.—
Katie Bernard,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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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
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Sewage sludge has now been spread on millions of acres across the country.—
Hiroko Tabuchi,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2024
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Despite the film’s best efforts to melt its characters into the vast sludge of superhero cinema, the union between Eddie and Venom is simply too pure to be diluted down to nothing.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2024
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Through his long and, at times, controversial F1 career, Briatore has never been one for sentimentality.—
Luke Smith,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Better Man ends on a several notes, some discordant, of forgiveness regarding both father and son, which admittedly tests your tolerance for sentimentality.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Mush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mush. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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