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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
When everything feels like an undifferentiated mush of new money and invites to all the same parties (looking at you, Miami), there’s less opportunity for a series to stand out.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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.
—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
See all Example Sentences for mush
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mush
Noun
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Afterward, a typical church lunch was served, with macaroni and cheese, corn pudding, and other carbohydrates.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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There are soups like stone crab and cream corn chowder as well as crab and avocado salad.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 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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There 100% would've been road bumps and conflicts, but not this agonizingly repetitive sludge.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The document indicated the waste may have included alum mud — a potentially radioactive sludge and byproduct of aluminum processing.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The film doesn’t resort to any cliche or sentimentality.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2025
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Constable’s artistic attraction to nature was imbued with sentimentality.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Mush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mush. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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