calcify
Example Sentences
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The late economist Mancur Olson described the danger that, in democracies, interest groups proliferate that cause the government to calcify until it is unable to act.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
It’s McKellen reveling in a great role: charmingly funny but also bittersweet in the film’s examination of how fading fame can calcify one’s soul.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
But he said their stance "began to calcify into a sort of defensiveness".
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Unlike medaka, the zebrafish form a transient scar that doesn't calcify into rigid tissue.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024
With each month of silence that passed between them, she felt the silence itself calcify, and become a hard and hulking statue, impossible to defeat.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
