molasses

Example Sentences

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During my visit, a convention, limited valet, and general crowding from the adjacent stadium created a kind of urban molasses.

From Salon • May 28, 2025

As a child, I loved eating ribs doused in sweet tangy KC BBQ sauce made with molasses, acidic vinegar and spicy chile powder alongside my cousins.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024

A low-viscosity fluid flows fast like water, while a viscous fluid acts more like molasses.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

Inside Ciudad Caracas, a 19th-Century sugar mill near Cienfuegos, the air is thick with the overpowering smell of molasses.

From BBC • May 17, 2024

Inside the tank was 2.3 million gallons of molasses, the product that had been a vital part of the slave trade of the 1600s and 1700s.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler