Gush
Gush verb - To flow out in great quantities or with force.
Want
Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.
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Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He ends up in a salon watching soap operas with women who gush about his sensitivity and want him to date their daughters.
Source: Aesop Enforcer - As for real life examples... yeah, why bother listing them when all people want to do is gush or complain excessively over them?
Source: Deadpan Snarker -
In SaGa Frontier, some of the scientists at the Bio Research Lab gush about "a disease-free, immortal body." Others make anguished complaints about how they didn't want to turn out like this.
Source: Playing with Syringes
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