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How to use squishy in a sentence

12 example sentences · adjective, noun

Squishy means yielding easily to pressure; very soft. Example: “The toy was soft and squishy, making it fun to squeeze.”

Examples of squishy by meaning

adjectiveYielding easily to pressure; very soft.

  • The toy was soft and squishy, making it fun to squeeze.
  • The mud was squishy underfoot after the rainstorm.
  • I love how squishy the pillow is—it’s so comfortable to sleep on.

adjectiveSoft and wet.

  • Finished with head and hair, the women pulled her up the bank to wash her body, the soft squishy mud registering for the first time on the outer consciousness of Isabelle’s mind.2009, Jamie Carie, Wind Dancer, B&H Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 144

adjectiveVulnerable to physical damage; having low hit points or defense.

  • Pick on the poor squishy mage!2006, Marianne Mancusi, Stake That!, page 28
  • What this tells us is that, against PCs equipped to confront a drow shadowblade, a single round's Multiattack is unlikely to deliver a one-hit kill – not unless the target is a squishy wizard or sorcerer.2022, Keith Ammann, MOAR!: Monsters Know What They're Doing, page 89

nounA term of endearment.

  • “Yes squishy Josh, it will,” she motherlily soothed me.2021, Josh Carrott, “Qingdao”, in Once upon a Time in Carrotland: My YouTube Autobiography Which I Definitely Wrote All Of, [Portsmouth...

More sentences with squishy

  • He enjoys: a good scritch scratch, cold water, squishy balls, and—most importantly—chimkin nuggers!2020, Kelly Conaboy, The Particulars of Peter: Dance Lessons, DNA Tests, and Other Excuses to Hang Out with My Perfect Dog, Grand Central…. From the entry nugger
  • No hardbody, Maria's was a soft, squishy middle, probably from a few too many whipped cream indulgences on shift.2008, Laurie Channer, Godblog, Dundurn, →ISBN, page 68. From the entry hardbody
  • In our contemporary context, for example, black men are not often policed with soft, squishy, Rover-like marshmallowiness in the U.S. criminal justice system.2021, David Michael Higgins, “The Whiteness of Black Iron Prisons”, in Reverse Colonization: Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and…. From the entry marshmallowiness
  • I’m a great green squishy mean bibliovore.” They fed him all the reference books they never used, but the monster still was hungry and escaped.2005, Monty Harper, “The Great Green Squishy Mean Bibliovore”, in The Great Green Squishy Mean Concert CD, Stillwater, Okla.: Monty Harper…. From the entry bibliovore
  • The three songs I've heard so far are low-key and restrained, with a tetch of honky-tonk tension--the sound of a heart being bounced up and down like a squishy yo-yo.2001 November 2, Monica Kendrick, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry tetch

Meaning of squishy

  1. adjective Yielding easily to pressure; very soft.
  2. adjective Soft and wet.
  3. adjective Subjective or vague.

Full definition of squishy

Questions about squishy in a sentence

How do you use squishy in a sentence?
Squishy is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The toy was soft and squishy, making it fun to squeeze.”
What is a short sentence with squishy?
“Pick on the poor squishy mage!”
What does squishy mean?
Squishy means yielding easily to pressure; very soft.

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