mushy
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The mushy score, absurdly pompous speeches, and Victorian staginess harmonize with Mr. Fraser’s conception of his role as the emoter in chief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
The classic recipe for fish and chips -- white fish deep-fried in batter, chips, and mushy peas, often with tartare sauce on the side -- dates back to the 1860s.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
A stronger hand in the edit could have resulted in something more dynamic and engaging, but the plotting is mushy and then rushed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Fans could buy stuffed toy versions of items like fish, chips and mushy peas at a temporary shop at the department store Selfridges in London.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
It was a warm, bubbly, mushy nectar, sweet and tangy.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
The dope is dopey, and it’s unfortunately only a foray into mushier territory.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The face buttons are also quite small but tactile and clicky, while the D-pad is accurate enough despite being a little mushier than I’d prefer.
From The Verge ● Jan. 21, 2022
Fluctuating temperatures result in growth of ice crystals, further damaging cells and creating a mushier product.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2020
Like many of Mr. Brice’s best songs, this one molts its masculine exterior to reveal a mushier core inside.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2014
“This snow feeling mushier to you? Wetter?” he asked.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
They seem as withdrawn as Simon, not wanting to call attention to themselves with anything but the mushiest phrases and most reticent rhymes — a timidity that lets the ear write them off as unimportant.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2019
If you’re tuned in to Stevie’s sonic language, his mushiest moments harbor myriad possibilities.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2016
And at Sunday night’s 57th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, the proceedings didn’t feel like a singalong trophy contest so much as a race to pop music’s mushiest, most self-important middle.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2015
What do they amount to, if not the mushiest of split-the-difference compromise?
From Time Magazine Archive
She had her chin tucked down, and her head canted to one side, and her mouth puckered into the mushiest kind of a grin you ever saw.
From Shorty McCabe by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson
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