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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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One’s interest in any of these answers depends on a tolerance for corn and patience until the musical numbers.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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Look for phrases like whole grain wheat, whole grain oats, whole grain corn and whole grain brown rice on the ingredients list.—
Caroline Hopkins Legaspi,
New York Times,
8 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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The toxic sludge is often used as farm fertilizer, thus contaminating both the food chain and public drinking water.—
Carson Swick,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Mar. 2025
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Instead of simply breaking down the sludge, the system turns it into something useful.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Truth be told, the final stretches of sentimentality might’ve been a bit much, if Gaga hadn’t earned the right to get lovey-dovey with us by being such a scary goofball earlier on.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2025
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Michelle’s unfazed, stunned response to the homily at Mass during the opening scene introduces Ozon’s own lack of sentimentality and affirms Ozon’s connection to cinema’s greatest traditions.—
Armond White,
National Review,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Mush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mush. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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