clump

Example Sentences

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Normal tau supports brain health, but the protein can clump into tangles that damage brain cells and cause memory loss.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

When these regulatory factors are disrupted, nucleoids tend to clump together instead of staying evenly spaced.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

Add more pasta water as needed — the sauce should lightly coat, not clump.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Those studies showed that most of the debris from such impacts would eventually clump back together into moons, but some material would be scattered inward and remain as rings.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

As I was picking up from the back steps, I noticed a clump of stuff: pieces of paper, cloth, thread, dust balls, Kleenex, all wadded up.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli