How to Use squishy in a Sentence

squishy

adjective

• The ground was wet and squishy.
• Dead roots are a light brown, with the look and flat, squishy feel of wet straw.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
• And when he’s pressed for details, that’s when the talk gets squishy.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 26 June 2023
• In a few years your hard drive may be full of such squishy stuff.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Feb. 2024
• Take the stress out of their day with these squishy fidget toys.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 15 Feb. 2023
• The squishy blob is a sea cucumber — and a new species.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
• Space isn’t a suitable place for a squishy species like us.
  — Anders Sandberg, Quartz, 19 July 2019
• This lands it around 12th (these numbers can be squishy) on the all-time list.
  — Jeremy D. Goodwin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2018
• Pick a lemon that's slightly soft (not squishy) and heavy for its size.
  — Laura Duerr, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2021
• Get the recipe: Attention, lovers of squishy and chewy foods!
  — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 26 Dec. 2019
• The bun is the soft, squishy kind that melts into the burger, the perfect vessel for the gooey cheese and the meat.
  — Jenn Harris, latimes.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• The burgers here are just the way we like them, with a squishy bun and nice griddle char.
  — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 24 Oct. 2019
• Sticky the Poo, a squishy likeness with eyes, clings to walls and ceilings when thrown.
  — Joseph Pisani, Houston Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2018
• Skip squishy bulbs, and choose ones that feel weighty like a golf ball, not light like a Ping-Pong ball.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 25 Apr. 2023
• There’s a lot less that seems to be able to go wrong with the small screen and squishy little keyboards of the iPad.
  — Mike Murphy, Quartz, 11 Sep. 2019
• The mats are squishy but not too soft—think of a firm mattress with a cushy topper.
  — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2021
• This weight is very chubby and kind of almost a bit squishy.
  — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 19 June 2021
• The final two sides had squishy craft dots and hard plastic dots.
  — Adam Littman, The Seattle Times, 6 Jan. 2018
• The earplugs are made from a low-pressure, slow-release foam that is both soft and squishy.
  — Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 14 June 2023
• And with that, I’ve been reduced to a puddle of tears and good, squishy feelings.
  — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 29 Sep. 2017
• After all these years, the squishy trend shows no signs of slowing down.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2022
• At first, the cells that will make up a strand of hair are soft and squishy, like little round bags of fluid.
  — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2018
• But a squishy, putty substance that smells of...cloves?
  — Kate McCarthy, USA TODAY, 17 July 2019
• This squishy tissue can change shape to help the whales direct sounds through the water.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2023
• The mattress is exactly the right amount of squishy you dream of your mattress to be.
  — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, 16 Apr. 2019
• Spread a good amount of the mix on a squishy, Italian-style roll, ideally the kind topped with sesame seeds.
  — Paula Forbes, GQ, 29 May 2018
• To skeptics, all such talk may seem not just warm and fuzzy, but also soft and squishy.
  — Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• Something about that squishy body entices a big spawny bluegill to hang on tight.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 12 Mar. 2020
• Here’s where the Lewis narrative gets a little squishy.
  — Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
• Our testers described this mattress as squishy, supportive, and not too firm, rating it medium to medium-firm (depending on the tester), which is also ideal for those with back pain.
  — Lindsay Boyers, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024