congeal

Aim for dishes that still taste perfectly fine when eaten lukewarm, that don’t seize up or congeal the moment they cool.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026

Plastic wipes don't disintegrate when flushed down the toilet, so when oil and fat congeal on them, so-called fatbergs form in sewers, which water companies say cost them £200m a year to clear.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

“They kind of take the randomness and they congeal it back into the volume. That’s the way of going from randomness to content. And that’s how you can make random videos.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

Ms. Jochnowitz estimated that 300 to 500 pounds of pasta had been left to congeal in the woods.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2023

He shook his head, like that would make this congeal a bit more.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

By episode 2, it congeals into something like a coherent picture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

The paint congeals and my spray paint spits out; it doesn't flow smoothly because it's frozen.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025

Food is an organic compound: it congeals, runs, discolors and oxidizes over time and because of the conditions in the kitchen you’re shooting in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

One pictures 13-year-olds arguing in the lunchroom while the gravy on their mystery meat congeals.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021

The blood congeals into a long, red terrycloth rectangle.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

He said he saw congealed blood higher than the water level of the bath.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The queso started fine but eventually congealed into something that approximated lukewarm paste.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

During a seven-nation polar exercise in Canada earlier this year to test equipment worth millions of dollars, the U.S. military’s all-terrain arctic vehicles broke down after 30 minutes because hydraulic fluids congealed in the cold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025

The mutant baby monster is the manifestation of that fear, in the same way Lilly’s visitation is the congealed manifestation of her torment.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

Holding his candle so that he could read the coffin plates, and so holding it that the sperm dropped in white patches which congealed as they touched the metal, he made assurance of Lucy’s coffin.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

And multiple stacks of pizza boxes, their cooling, congealing slices triggering Logan into one of the mini-tirades his character is famous for.

From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2023

As the virus spreads, the many discrete problems that it has exposed in earlier stages of the pandemic are now congealing into one epic challenge.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2020

Artists are still getting themselves organized, shows are still congealing and some curators are probably still scratching their heads.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2020

A brightener around the eyes can also help, and be sure to use one of the newfangled no-smudge mascaras that are made out of congealing tubes and therefore don’t flake or run.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2019

Light the color of washwater congealing in the dirty panes of glass.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy