gushy

Example Sentences

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But Meester herself swears she didn’t even clock the gushy line of questioning.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

Emblematic of the gushy, overly credulous business and tech journalism ascendant at the time, Fortune’s story touched off a media stampede that transformed Holmes, then 30, into a business superstar.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2021

I don't think times because hand on heart, and this is not gushy, did the little baby Dina expect that I would ever be a world champion?

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2021

I let myself get sincere and maybe a bit gushy about my attachment to this absurd couple and their century-spanning romance.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2020

Big Ma said, “Let’s not have any of that mushy and gushy at the table.”

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia