mushy
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Cook them for longer than three minutes and they become mushy and clumpy.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 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
I nibbled on the mushy, slightly charred bread.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
I find the frozen ones a little softer and mushier, so they are better for dishes made in a food processor, such as this Spinach Artichoke Dip or this Vegan Artichoke Tofu Ricotta spread.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2022
When the film was released, some critics objected to what was seen as its softer, mushier side, which feels like critic-speak for the fact that it features a woman.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
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
But I don’t think that actually boded well for Verrilli, whose position got mushier the more he tried to explain it.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2012
“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They seem as withdrawn as Simon, not wanting to call attention to themselves with anything but the mushiest phrases and most reticent rhymes — a timidity that lets the ear write them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
Last week one of the chilliest, dreariest; mushiest winters in years was refusing to let go.
From Time Magazine Archive
An' all the time, like his eyes has took a layoff, Dead Shot wanders to an' fro, boastin' an' braggin' in the mushiest way about his wife.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert
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