How to Use mush in a Sentence

mush

1 of 2 noun
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  • And as mush as my 17-year-old old brain was at the time, that clicked.
    — USA Today, 24 Oct. 2022
  • There’s a time and a place to let eggplant become its truest self: mush.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2021
  • At the same time, avoid apples that are mealy in texture and turn to mush when cooked down.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2023
  • This is why leftover rice fries up airy, while fresh rice turns to mush.
    — Brandon Jew, Robb Report, 17 May 2021
  • Dominguez couldn't find his feel with the ball as the rain picked up, puddles formed near third base and the infield dirt turned to mush.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Dominguez couldn’t find his feel with the ball as the rain picked up, puddles formed near third base and the infield dirt turned to mush.
    — Dan Gelston, ajc, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Dominguez couldn’t find his feel with the ball as the rain picked up, puddles formed near third base, and the infield dirt turned to mush.
    — Dan Gelston, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2022
  • His lunch is often vegetable soup boiled down to a mush.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • But the rains turned the ground into mush, enabling the winds to pull otherwise healthy trees from the soil, roots and all.
    — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The defense has options to try and slow Creel down with a mush rush, delayed blitz and even a spy for him.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Any longer and the words muddle together; the image turns to mush.
    — Kevin Kelly, WIRED, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The prediction was for a string of above-freezing days that could turn the top layer of the skating trail to mush.
    — Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Some have lasted a year, and others have turned to mush much sooner.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Plus, Granny Smith apples hold up while baking and won't turn into mush in the oven.
    — Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2023
  • This is not to say, of course, that the secret to body confidence is to mush across the Arctic or get naked on TV.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Make an effort to spread the leafy bounty with neighbors and friends instead of letting the goods mush on the bush.
    — Kier Holmes, Sunset Magazine, 30 Dec. 2022
  • There, it’s tilted and opened on the side to let the fetid mush slide onto the pile, releasing its bouquet.
    — Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Our Jasmine rice came out soft yet still had distinct grains (aka no mush).
    — Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Cancer had taken over his kidneys and turned his spine to mush.
    — Rosanna Xia, Star Tribune, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Just make sure to eat immediately, or the whole thing will turn to mush.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
  • But in front of a very different sort of politician, trash-talking Musk turned to mush.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The okra comes out piping hot, tender without the mush and hugged by a blanket of crisp breading.
    — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 25 June 2021
  • Every new dad knows the moment when your man cave turns into a nursery, and your heart turns to mush.
    — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2022
  • Still, with the playoffs expanded this season to 14 teams, a lot of mush isn’t out of contention.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Lunch and dinner were often barley soup or mush, a mix of cornmeal and milk.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The temperatures have turned the snow into mush in some spots, leaving Williams out of breath.
    — Lex Treinen, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Feb. 2022
  • This red pepper mush, with hints of Prego sauce, has chunks of slivered almonds that remind me of stray lemon seeds.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Because all it’s done is look up all the synopses of ‘Black Mirror’ episodes, and sort of mush them together.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 June 2023
  • The chicken is faultless, but tossing them in sauce after cooking, as per the directions, turns the coating to mush.
    — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Just avoid baby tender greens, which easily turn to mush.
    — Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
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mush

2 of 2 verb
  • Set the cored lemon on a plate, and mush the inside with a fork.
    — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of these things have been on the table for a long time and now it's being mushed together into this one document.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • But even at Autobahn speeds, just ask; the upwelling torque (max 586 lb-ft) will mush you lovingly into the seat.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
  • However, people living Alaska may mush with their own dogs, with no day permit needed.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Gomez seems to be collecting the same positive reinforcement for changing Hodge’s diaper in the House cloakroom that Hodge will one day collect for using a big-boy spoon to smear mushed peas on his face for the first time.
    — Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The worry at the moment is that executives will use it to generate a list of crap ideas that have been mulched together from actual humans’ unpaid ideas: hoovered up off the internet and then mushed together into a mash.
    — WIRED, 14 June 2023
  • Redington was mushing with plates removed from Wildfire’s leg hanging from his sled handlebars, according to an Iditarod blog post.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Set the cored lemon on a plate, and mush the inside with a fork.
    — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of these things have been on the table for a long time and now it's being mushed together into this one document.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • But even at Autobahn speeds, just ask; the upwelling torque (max 586 lb-ft) will mush you lovingly into the seat.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
  • However, people living Alaska may mush with their own dogs, with no day permit needed.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Gomez seems to be collecting the same positive reinforcement for changing Hodge’s diaper in the House cloakroom that Hodge will one day collect for using a big-boy spoon to smear mushed peas on his face for the first time.
    — Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The worry at the moment is that executives will use it to generate a list of crap ideas that have been mulched together from actual humans’ unpaid ideas: hoovered up off the internet and then mushed together into a mash.
    — WIRED, 14 June 2023
  • Redington was mushing with plates removed from Wildfire’s leg hanging from his sled handlebars, according to an Iditarod blog post.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Set the cored lemon on a plate, and mush the inside with a fork.
    — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of these things have been on the table for a long time and now it's being mushed together into this one document.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • But even at Autobahn speeds, just ask; the upwelling torque (max 586 lb-ft) will mush you lovingly into the seat.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
  • However, people living Alaska may mush with their own dogs, with no day permit needed.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Gomez seems to be collecting the same positive reinforcement for changing Hodge’s diaper in the House cloakroom that Hodge will one day collect for using a big-boy spoon to smear mushed peas on his face for the first time.
    — Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The worry at the moment is that executives will use it to generate a list of crap ideas that have been mulched together from actual humans’ unpaid ideas: hoovered up off the internet and then mushed together into a mash.
    — WIRED, 14 June 2023
  • Redington was mushing with plates removed from Wildfire’s leg hanging from his sled handlebars, according to an Iditarod blog post.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Set the cored lemon on a plate, and mush the inside with a fork.
    — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of these things have been on the table for a long time and now it's being mushed together into this one document.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • But even at Autobahn speeds, just ask; the upwelling torque (max 586 lb-ft) will mush you lovingly into the seat.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
  • However, people living Alaska may mush with their own dogs, with no day permit needed.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Gomez seems to be collecting the same positive reinforcement for changing Hodge’s diaper in the House cloakroom that Hodge will one day collect for using a big-boy spoon to smear mushed peas on his face for the first time.
    — Phillip MacIak, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The worry at the moment is that executives will use it to generate a list of crap ideas that have been mulched together from actual humans’ unpaid ideas: hoovered up off the internet and then mushed together into a mash.
    — WIRED, 14 June 2023
  • Redington was mushing with plates removed from Wildfire’s leg hanging from his sled handlebars, according to an Iditarod blog post.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2023

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