slush
noun
partly melted snow.
slushing
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present participleof slush.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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During the pandemic, when the government sent trillions of dollars slushing through the economy, bank deposits ballooned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
“For 10 years we protested on the water, right here,” Tommaso Cacciari, a spokesman for the No Big Ships committee said, pointing at the slushing canal.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2021
Is there some sort of conflict of interest slushing beneath this piece, like a frozen river of bias?
From The Verge ● Jul. 28, 2015
British Leyland's "slushing," as the Daily Mail told it, amounted to $19.4 million in the 1975-76 financial year and is estimated at $42.5 million for 1977-78.
From Time Magazine Archive
The icy mud sent little thrills of pain up their legs, so they ran, splashing through the puddles and slushing in the mud.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
