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Literary notes about Slosh (AI summary)

The word "slosh" is employed with striking versatility in literature, functioning both as onomatopoeia and as a metaphor. In one sense, it vividly captures the physical sound and sensation of liquid or mud moving—illustrated when characters wade through thick puddles or feel water splashing against them [1, 2, 3, 4]. In another, it conveys a kind of unrestrained sentimentality or gusto, as when a character is described engaging in overly sentimental talk or vigorous action [5, 6]. Its capacity to serve as both a noun and a verb, along with its playful, sometimes humorous applications, underscores how the term can encapsulate both the literal and figurative fluidity of experiences in varied narrative landscapes [7, 8].
  1. exclaimed Tremenheere; "back to billets; they changed at six o'clock, but it's heavy going—mostly wading in slosh."
    — from The Road to MandalayA Tale of Burma by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker
  2. Judd blinked as a sheet of cold water struck him slosh in the face.
    — from Over the Line by Harold M. (Harold Morrow) Sherman
  3. “Red!” came his low call, above the slosh of waves against the ship’s side.
    — from Don Winslow of the Navy by Frank V. (Frank Victor) Martinek
  4. A regular thaw had set in, and the streets were in a condition of 'slosh' that reminded me of Broadway in spring.
    — from Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
  5. If there is one kind of man I hate it’s the man who talks clever, sentimental slosh.”
    — from The Pride of Eve by Warwick Deeping
  6. "A clever woman can always slosh round in sentimental slop with her head above it and cool.
    — from The Cost by David Graham Phillips
  7. [103] After the vowel we have very often the sound [ʃ] or [tʃ], as in trash , tosh , slosh , botch , patch ; cf.
    — from Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin by Otto Jespersen
  8. But still he went on patiently, slowly, and continuously; splash, splash; slosh, slosh!
    — from The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Anthony Trollope

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