How To Use Slush In A Sentence

Eadie said just before 2 pm, as she was about to prepare a late lunch, she looked out the back door and called out to her mother, pensioner Millie, only to see the gushes of water and slush cascading from the neighbour's yard.
I remembered the look on Jim's face as he slopped through the slush in Rye, mulling young John's fate.
The wetness turned to rain, then to sleet, and then to a nasty, slushy snow, blowing into my face no matter which direction I took.
The all-water cube had frozen normally, but those with more alcohol in them got slushier and slushier, leaving the final all-vodka cube completely liquid. Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet
Indeed, consider how many drivers on our roads today have any experience of driving in snow, slush and frost?

The lemon granita is slushy with large crystals—chunks you'll need to break up with a spoon—and a sweetness that, as it approaches too much, becomes pleasantly tart. In Search Of The Perfect Gelato
But that journey was almost over now, and he felt his spirits rise with every step as he churned back into motion through the muddy, slushy snow.
It was pitch black, with snow and slush dotting the cobblestone paths.
Other substitutions included “embrace” for “tackle,” “blucher” for “slush buster,”* “muggings” for “hog wash,” “fearful” for “rough,” “wickedest” for “vilest,” “leer” for “slobber,” “jolly” for “bully,” and “swindle” for “humbug.” Mark Twain
Again, there's a democratizing influence; the blogosphere is the new slushpile, and a retweeting chain that links someone with a manuscript to an agent or editor might pass through three "friends" who barely even know each other. MIND MELD: How Does Blogging and Social Networking Affect the Publishing Industry?
The top half of the mountain is rock hard and the lower half is a slush pit. Times, Sunday Times
She picked up her shoes, exhausted now by her behaviour, no better than a heroine from a slushy romance. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
Reaching the drive that ran between the house and the main road, I saw another set of prints in the slushy, cindered snow. Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear
Or would she trample it underfoot in the slush where our love lay? Times, Sunday Times
The probe was launched in January after Samsung's former chief attorney said the company had created a special slush fund to bribe government officials.
Lightweight rubber boots and galoshes are manufactured using a process called slush molding.
The slush pile, she explained, showing dimples, was what they called the heap of unsolicited manuscripts that dropped through their letter-box day by day. Longshot
Light snow, much slush; the windshield is opaque in seconds.
But it wasn't cold enough to settle. After a whole day there was just a thin layer of muddy slush.
In a few minutes the diapir itself would mush into the thick cap ice, flow upward through fissures, lenticulae and leads, and bubble slush ice in a fountain a hundred meters high. Ilium
Opposition figures have suggested that the money was either part of a government slush fund or evidence of illegal enrichment on her part.
I may post more later, if I can sort out my thoughts better (my brain is slush at the moment, sorry!)
No one minds snow as long as it is snow; but this slushy mess we've had lately just isn't any use. ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. Doug Larson
Titles of slushily romantic songs provide the novel with its chapter headings . . . Critical eye – book reviews roundup
Probably she didn't form the same intimate relationship with her daily gleanings that she had with her bottles of slush syrup. THE RECYCLED CITIZEN
‘There are no pavements on Gordon Street, so students and employees of the law school would have no choice but to walk on the slush and mud,’ she said.
What they want is wish-wash and slush, and God knows they get it, but not from you. Chapter 31
Puddles of frozen slush glittered dully in the reflected yellow light from the phony gas lamps that illuminated the brick-paved plaza. A RODENT OF DOUBT
Rain trickled incessantly down each man's face and glistened in dusty beads upon foreheads, clothing at last gave way to complete saturation, and water, collecting in pools until over ankle deep, oozed slushily in and out of the eyelet holes. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
The man spoke with a slushy, unfamiliar accent; his nose was splayed to the left and he had a cast in his right eye.
The next snowfall was half-hearted, the brief shower of semi-liquid slush spattering on the windowpanes and freezing when night came again.
Puddles of frozen slush glittered dully in the reflected yellow light from the phony gas lamps that illuminated the brick-paved plaza. A RODENT OF DOUBT
Use caution in taxiing retractable-gear aircraft through slush or mud.
It had attracted a lot of attention, and Misha wasn't surprised that on the morning of the second day, the Metro's headline picture showed the Eiffel Tower lying down in a field covered in slushy snow.
Here was I, a ballet girl who had taken a cold whose proportions simply towered over that nursed by the leading lady's self; and as I slipped and slid slushily homeward, I asked myself angrily what a fairy was to do with a handkerchief, -- and in heaven's name, what was that fairy to do without one. Stage Confidences
The roads, which had been dug up have become slushy.
Wes observed as they tracked through mud and what remained of the slush.
Use caution in taxiing retractable-gear aircraft through slush or mud.
Only an inch or so but it still worked; puddles forming lightly in the streets as cars ran over slush and dirtying the snow.
He's accused of misusing $17.5 million from a secret government slush fund.
A pair of wide tracks led through the slush and mud.
I would bump up the amount of ice next time to make it a bit slushier, but the taste was fabulous and just how I remembered it. Orange Julius | Baking Bites
Depending on how the system is set up, either the editor divvies up the submissions to the slush readers or the readers get them first. Writing: The Process of Rejection « Colleen Anderson
Kris slushed through the puddles of water, icy wind stinging her eyes.
I know, it's soppy, slushy stuff when you really think about it, but how many people (yes I'm including men here, never let it be said I'm sexist) don't want that faery tale romance.
Rubble and slush from potholes and mud dumped recklessly by the cable companies and various civic agencies have only added to citizens' woes.
Nothing really beats waiting down in the slush of mud.
Even though the snow was slushy and some of my favorite runs were closed, it was one of the funnest days I've had on the mountain.
Who could believe that someone so upstanding would stoop to besmear himself in the slush of Teapot Dome? The Prize
Claire Light writes Those who read slush know although it's not cool to talk about in these terms that the submissions from women and poc are often disproportionately sucky, which is sometimes why even the proportions of women and poc who submit aren't reflected in the proportions of women and poc actually published. Nick Mamatas' Journal
deep slushy mud
Fess waded through the ankle-deep coating of snow and slush around the 18-wheeler.
Owens also said he intends to end what he calls the attorney general's "slush fund" -- back taxes, fraud and other collections pursued by the office, a portion of which are retained by the office for its uses. Www.the-daily-record.com's Homepage Articles
In this story a bird is sent down to earth to dry out some of the mud in the primordial slush so that islands can be formed for the Ainu.
Several pieces of galvanise sheets were strewn along the shore as the battered boats, some of which were overturned, sat atop piles of debris and slush.
So we trudge on, making our way through the gray, slushy snow which no longer crunches under our feet, thanks to a light drizzle and heavy local traffic.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn had alleged that Comverse Chief Executive Jacob "Kobi" Alexander and others engaged in a scheme to backdate millions of stock options and to secretly award backdated options to favored employees through a "slush fund. Ex-Comverse Finance Chief Sentenced to Time Served
Suddenly, with a sickening slush and smell, the contents came free, sliding to the ground with a dull flop.
What would have been a truly fantastic course, full of switch backs, and single track climbs, became much more of a mud slush… but still a lot of fun.
Ogwad jogged merrily down the beaten dirt path (turned to mud by the slush covering it) leading through the woods.
The ads he is financing this weekend refer pointedly to the Council, reminding voters of a "slush fund scandal" involving fake community organizations, but conspicuously ignore the mayor.
I remember the word bloop on the slusho website being used often. Cloverfield on Yahoo
There are times an aircraft and crew will get stuck at a location because the snow and ice become slush, making take-off impossible.
slushy snow
When it snowed in the city, it got slushy and dirty.
The snow gets slushy by lunchtime, sometimes earlier if the weather is really warm, but nobody cares.
At the back of the library, hung with pungent wisteria in summer, it gets slushier and soggier, but still passable; the next bend brings you to New College back gate and a totally clear patch -- either scrupulously gritted or protected from the snow not terribly likely that latter. Fickle, inconstant, and patterned snow
Rachel is becoming a rebel who increasingly sounds like a voice from the slush pile of chick lit, moaning about the passing of her childbearing years.
If you want to bind it I doubt any publisher/editor/slushpile reader would mind, nor will they object at all if it's unbound.
Americans would discover billions, if not trillions, of their tax dollars, purportedly designated for the space program, squired away in Swiss banks and slush funds by successive presidents. Jonathan Miller: The Earth Is Flat... but They Can't Handle the Truth
A pair of wide tracks led through the slush and mud.
Then, in a flurry of snow and slush, the Christmas holiday was over, and the long drive toward Boston had begun.
Or would she trample it underfoot in the slush where our love lay? Times, Sunday Times
Together, they will turn treacherous ice and slushy snow into water, sweet water.
Charity donations are not meant to build up a slush fund for parties. The Sun
For couples everywhere it means love, romance and all that doe-eyed, slushy sentimental stuff.
In several late winter snow storms, it ploughed right through the ugliest passing lane slush, allowing the driver to arrive relaxed even after two hours of full-on winter driving.
And then I thought, ‘Oh great, spring, I remember, that's when they replace the piles of slush with piles of mud and it's a big rainy mess.’
Try not to let your brain explode at the mass of slush incoming today. Clarkesworld slush comes in many flavors
June 21 edition of Fox News 'stated that BP had been the victim of a "political shakedown" and a "stickup" to force the company to fund the $20 billion "slush fund. LT Saloon
Indeed there shall be time to see the flowers at your feet: kingcups by the water forcing their way through the slush of melting snow; and add to this the promise of many more yet to come.
With Cancer being a water sign, people often assume that slushy sentimentality takes precedence over sex in their lives.
Sicilians divide ice cream, or ices, into two main categories: the slushy, water-based granita, flavored with island classics like almond or lemon; and gelato, which has a silky, creamy texture thanks to the inclusion of eggs, milk or a starchy emulsifying base, and is preferably made with Sicily's native carob bean. In Search Of The Perfect Gelato
Or would she trample it underfoot in the slush where our love lay? Times, Sunday Times
If the editor took the time to scrawl"Nzce jb grape jelly assassin, send mor pls," it means they thought enough of your work to risk the potential hazardous attraction of the stalky, mad, one-percent club I'm just guessing that 1% of slush submitters do the really crazy stuff - it could be more. February 2010
Regions have "embassies" in sprout-town even now, - without statutory legislation, or financial approval, financed by slush funds out of ODPM, like "Yorkshire Forward", so if regions ALL bow to sprout-town, who swears allegiance to HM, or the office of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha bloodline? [blair house blues] exercise in pettiness
Berlin in February often features grey slush and icy winds, accompanied by an austere but worthy programme of films in competition. Times, Sunday Times
After six hours the pump had done its job, and there was a slushy sodden mass of tree-seeds and brackish water, and the pump was making a sound like a Jarvik heart filled with oatmeal.
It is feared that it would only serve as another slush fund for corrupt government officials and politicians.
No one would sing 'hey nonny no' about his slushy socialist adventures under the greenwood tree. Times, Sunday Times
Mud, debris and knee-high slush from landslides blocked roads, cutting off many remote villages.
The stands are slush and there's a risk of crowd avalanches. Times, Sunday Times
Set aside a taxi slush fund. Times, Sunday Times
But she sniffed her independence so sharply that he communed with his pipe till she tied the flaps on the outside and slushed away on the flooded trail. SIWASH
The gags come thick and fast, with a side helping of romantic slush. Times, Sunday Times
Kohl, hailed by friend and foe for his part in unifying Germany and building a united Europe, was accused of using secret slush funds to keep his iron grip on the party he led for twenty-five years.
Still, as the crisp white stuff beloved of children turns into freezing grey slush, it's worth another laugh at the old British Rail "wrong type of snow" excuse. In praise of … Kate Bush | Editorial
And then other times I fail utterly - e.g. some group I never heard of and whose name I now forget who, I found on checking them out, perpetrate a sort of slushily romantic goth metal-lite. Won't Get Byrned Again: The Indignity of Being an Unwitting Participant
Unfortunately, my snow honeymoon came to an abrupt end when beautiful white snow increasingly turned to disgusting brown slush, all of which we had to trudge through every day.
Spending money on prevention was no more than a "slush fund.
Because you've phoned to say something about a submission, someone may write down your name and the title of your book, and pass the note on to the slush readers.
We curse the empty reservoir of washer fluid in the rush hour traffic over freshly salted slush.
A calm surface favors the finesse of a dogwalker, and a riffled surface suggests the increased commotion of a chugger or a slush-type plug rigged with propellers.
He had slushy ferric salts succumbing to their own deliquescence.
After a long rest in the valley, we climb in hot sun and slushy snow, the Continental Divide looming above us like a distant castle.
A snowstorm dominated the news and led to hundreds of people taking time off work or booking into hotels rather than donning their boots to stride through the slush.
The snow and ice melt as we slushily emerge from below 0 temps, Iowa City Press-Citizen - Local News
In April the snow started melting, and in May there was rain and slush, the snow disappeared and there were glimpses of sun.
A pair of wide tracks led through the slush and mud.
When the snow turns to slush that's your chance to apply a little pressure and effectively scrub the glass clean. Times, Sunday Times
Indeed, so slushy is the ad until its conclusion, it could be for any lifestyle product.
The car slushed through the village.
The hour of acute awareness was running out into the usual hopeless analysis of a hopeless situation, the usual emotional slush.
In spite of the somewhat slushy conditions, the pace was much quicker than on the way up, especially for those comrades who chose to thoroughly soak themselves by glissading all the way to the moraine.
He stood up too and they walked out, their boots crunching though the thin layer of slush and snow covering the ground.
After a bout with my slush pile, or my requested manuscript pile I always have to read something to "retune" my ear. It's not the end of the world...really
If you enjoy the Arctic chill, there is the Bermuda Triangle, a "brain freeze" slush with Cacha ç a, coconut and lychee that is a little like sticking your tongue to frozen metal, but a lot more fun. Sunshine in a Glass
Nothing could be further from the reality of downtown Kiev with its dirty, slushy snow and its eternal grey skies.
You have the completely over-the-top action scenes, the tortured hero, the slushy romantic side story and the entirely more-cool-than-the-hero antagonist.
Here in Minnesota, we've seen some harbingers of spring too, albeit on a slower schedule - slush in the streets, dirty cars, shrinking snowpiles.
Sicilians divide ice cream, or ices, into two main categories: the slushy, water-based granita, flavored with island classics like almond or lemon; and gelato, which has a silky, creamy texture thanks to the inclusion of eggs, milk or a starchy emulsifying base, and is preferably made with Sicily's native carob bean. In Search Of The Perfect Gelato
Life is still much the same: a constant battle against the elements, as wind and sleeting rain batter the coal-mining land to black slush and mud.
We should have thought of this earlier when men were asking how they could support the slushbomb without actually being female ... co-authoring is a great compromise! Ccfinlay: Tomorrow's The Day!
There were stalls piled with pyramids of different coloured berries - deep purple blackcurrants, scarlet strawberries, pink lingonberries and bright orange slushy cloudberries.
From high - school reimaginings of Shakespeare to romantic gross-out comedies and back, they vary wildly in quality from zippy, witty fun to indigestible slush.
Having had some time to think about it, the caller and I shouldn't have used the term slush fund; that was incorrect," Angle said. Nevada Appeal - Top Stories
Or I can use my banana slush body wash, use coconut oil, and then top with pina colada. Why yes, I -am- crazy, thanks for asking
In general, klister is required for classic skiing on waxable skis when the snow is icy, slushy or really wet.
We wanted to stay away from being simply celebratory, corny or slushy - often things like this can become very uncritical.
some have intimated that the Superfund's money may have turned into a political slush fund
Dennis about the flash decompiling i was going to decompile the Slusho website CNBC on Cloverfield and the "Overnight" rumor
Berlin in February often features grey slush and icy winds, accompanied by an austere but worthy programme of films in competition. Times, Sunday Times
He stood up too and they walked out, their boots crunching though the thin layer of slush and snow covering the ground.
Kaleidotrope - After being closed to subs for many months, this little eclectic zine is now open for slush. Writers, be aware...and submit a lot
Giveaways to paying friends to shopping trips to mysterious donations to individuals are all part of the wild spending of aldermanic slush funds. Archive 2009-03-01
People who think that this ending is purely sentimental slush should give it another try.
Charity donations are not meant to build up a slush fund for parties. The Sun
Boats of 10 metres and under now place fish straight into slush ice as soon as it is caught, thus keeping it firm and fresh. Times, Sunday Times
There is evidence that beneath a thick outer layer of ice the moon is covered in liquid or slushy water.
Mention the word to your average neighborhood bartender and the odds are probably 50-50 you'll wind up with a slushy, fruit-flavored morass of syrups and chemicals, designed to mask any hint of alcohol and get the drinker blotto as quickly and painlessly as possible. Tony Sachs: How To Make A Real Daiquiri - And The Best White Rums To Make It With
After casting a martyr-like glance of reproach at her, as she worked on, all unconscious of the mental agony she was inflicting, Miss Green cleared her throat slushily, and in the most subdued tone possible addressed Patricia. Miss Pat at School
I have to admit that my own seven volume, 3,000 page magnum opus is still mouldering in the slush piles of various publishers in London.
That afternoon the sidewalks were awash with slush and half-melted snow.
It always moves me and makes me feel better about life and is the perfect antidote to all the ersatz sentiment that sprays over us like noxious slush at Christmas time.
They claim the expulsions were a cover-up bid after they tried to expose a slush fund run by crooked officials.
The hems of the dress that I wore dragged along the slush of mud on the ground and my sleeves snagged against the branches that had been stripped of its leaves.
The gags come thick and fast, with a side helping of romantic slush. Times, Sunday Times
But you would hardly know it from this uninspiring romantic slush. The Sun
After blotting excess solution from the carbon side of the grids, they were immediately vitrified in ethane slush.
I'm upset that I scrubbed the kitchen floor Saturday and today it has been slopped with snow, slush and salt.
I walked out of the room and into the slushy snow all around the motel.
I brushed away snow and slush and raised the prize to eye-level.
Writing about this without descending into slushy sentimentality would seem impossible, but Eggers manages it.
I'd have thought issues of volume in slush would make the query process more effective. My God, It's Full Of Tweets!
There were stalls piled with pyramids of different coloured berries - deep purple blackcurrants, scarlet strawberries, pink lingonberries and bright orange slushy cloudberries.
Boats of 10 metres and under now place fish straight into slush ice as soon as it is caught, thus keeping it firm and fresh. Times, Sunday Times
Vehicles slowed to a crawl on city roads, navigating slushy snow.
A slush fund was set up for the purpose. Times, Sunday Times
They were looking for what they called slush funds stashed away by the former president, but no such funds existed," a Seongnam police official told AFP, refusing to disclose his name. Taipei Times
While the quantity was minimal, it was good quality snow, properly frozen rather than the nasty slushy kind that feels so horrid on the skin.
Without a floor mat, snow and slush can soak into your carpet, through the carpet padding, and you will hardly notice that it already caused your floor pans to get rusty.
As the day wore on, it started to rain, and the snow became sticky and slushy.
What aforetime was a tree-bordered drive, now curved between dead stumps, a mere slushy cartway; the stone pillars, which had marked the entrance, damaged in the rending away of metal with a market value, drooped sideways, ready at a touch to bury themselves in slime. In the Year of Jubilee
A slush fund was set up for the purpose. Times, Sunday Times
The river slushed by with a beautiful white noise and the birds tweedle-dee-deed.
The dance floor was full of middle-aged couples smooching to slushy ballads.
We slushed along the lake and made camp below it.
They settled down into their seats, setting the slushy drinks into the cup holders, and the popcorn on the armrest between them.
I have to admit that my own seven volume, 3,000 page magnum opus is still mouldering in the slush piles of various publishers in London.
For the first time in what seemed like years I heard actual rain drumming against the roof and washing snow from the streets and reducing drifts to icy piles of dirty slush.
Charity donations are not meant to build up a slush fund for parties. The Sun
In chapter after chapter he uncovers the stories and origins of the combination plates, the yellow cheese enchilada, fajitas, tamales, candies and slushy margaritas.
By 1400 the meaning had broadened to indicate somewhere muddy, and over time came to denote something that was soggy, mushy, splashy or slushy.
And in the morning the yellow sea faintly crinkled by the inrushing wind from the land, and long, straight lines on the lacquered meadow, long, straight lines that reared at last in green glass, then broke in snow, and slushed softly up the sand. Kangaroo
From high - school reimaginings of Shakespeare to romantic gross-out comedies and back, they vary wildly in quality from zippy, witty fun to indigestible slush.
My climbing skins grip slushy snow for a moment, then slip back with an exhausting lurch.
Advances in electronics have brought big improvements to traditional ‘slushbox’ automatics, while the new science of mechatronics has allowed for the automation of manual gearboxes, pioneered by Ferrari.
The top half of the mountain is rock hard and the lower half is a slush pit. Times, Sunday Times
The next worldwide publishing sensation is out there somewhere but the last place that editors will find it is in their inbox or their slush pile. Times, Sunday Times
The best of the slush is undoubtedly both lyrically rueful and melodically engaging.
Seven pointers to help you catapult from the slush pile Archive 2007-03-01
Well, we don't do mud, we just make them crawl around in the dust and grime on the ground from the mud left over or the snow slush left over or whatever.
This month, we have a new story from Carrie Richerson, about a very unusual construction project with a very demanding client; two new “Billy” stories from Terry Bisson (and the promise of more); a ghost story from Albert E. Cowdrey; a new Kedrigern yarn from John Morressy; a complex and adventuresome tale from R. Garcia y Robertson; and a new story from former slush survivor Jeremy Minton, which is just as good as, if not better than, the story he broke into print with. John Joseph Adams » 2005 » December
Pedestrians were splashed to the hip in muddy slush.
Armitage; but soon felt slush coming through his finnesko (he had no crampons) and made back for the Gap. The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913
The match, which was put into severe doubt the previous day with a covering of snow and slush on the pitch, inevitably turned out to be quite scrappy due to the slippery surface.
What most people reported seeing were watery stretches, sometime brown, sometime grey, and relieved briefly by slushy muddy patches.
I treated her to a slushy blue frozen drink.
Here and there a drift across the road was wet and slushy.
There was dirty brown slush all over the roads and pavements.
With the Lower East Side ankle deep in snow and slush, our vehicle sits safe and sound, parked streetside a few blocks over on Norfolk Street.
He's accused of misusing $17.5 million from a secret government slush fund.
Michael threw his cigarette on the slush-filled pavement and ground it out with his boot.
I've probably overdosed you on the slushy stuff, so let's talk about boxing instead.
Puddles of frozen slush glittered dully in the reflected yellow light from the phony gas lamps that illuminated the brick-paved plaza. A RODENT OF DOUBT
It establishes a slush fund to hand out goodies to people who can swank around producing programmes at a cost far in excess of normal commercial rates.
Yet even knee deep in slush, Kelly soldiers on, bashing errant boyfriends, railing against the media machine and tapping an expansive geyser of teenage venom.
Behind them Doctor Jamieson clung on for grim death to the back of the scats as they skidded through the increasingly wet slush. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
The month of February had not helped ease to ease the monotony, with its never-ending gray days and gray, slushy snow.

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