mushy
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Soon after arriving in Dover, he tasted fish, chips and mushy peas for the first time in almost three decades.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Cook them for longer than three minutes and they become mushy and clumpy.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
But over the years, the mushy yellow-brown legumes "became an acquired taste like a strong cheese can, because you know how cheese can smell like dirty socks," the 47-year-old Arizonan said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
The authors introduce the idea of the gumline, the mushy, undercooked top of a crust onto which too much tomato sauce has been slopped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Colors are mushy and I don’t know where they end or what happens to them when they run into each other because they change.
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
The dope is dopey, and it’s unfortunately only a foray into mushier territory.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
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
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
Asked how his sense of humor has changed, he conceded: “I’m mushier than I used to be.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
They had spoiled a bit, seemed softer and mushier, but still had a rich sweetness.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
They seem as withdrawn as Simon, not wanting to call attention to themselves with anything but the mushiest phrases and most reticent rhymes — a timidity that lets the ear write them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
And THEN—THEN Anne became the mushiest thing I ever saw!
From Sisters by Kathleen Thompson Norris
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