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

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

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Whether the incoming object was a solid rock like the marble or a looser clump of dust, the boulders on the asteroid's surface shaped the incoming material into the distinctive fan patterns.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 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

I have to sniff around in circles until I find where he left the heights in the trees and then follow him again until the scent disappears up yet another clump of trees.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz