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

Yet, Pitt can’t resist quirking up the character in ways that don’t totally congeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

And then it doesn’t really begin to congeal or take any shape until we’re in the edit.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 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

To save money they might turn machines off when they are empty - meaning any residue goes bad or congeals in the system.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2021

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

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2021

When passion can’t flow easily into policymaking, it congeals as angry protest, growing wilder and more paranoid.

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 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

In the Starkadders’ home, breakfast means congealed porridge, and cows are called Feckless, Aimless, Graceless and Pointless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

The chips were cold, the queso had congealed and the salad arrived limp and sad.

From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2024

I spoon out the congealed salad and the ham sandwiches, can’t help but listen to the chatter.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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

The Reyes memorial service, and the eulogists’ stories, crystallized a thought that had been congealing around the reporting: So much is unknown.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

These are felicitously doled out, making the book voicey without congealing into shtick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2020

There was a slackening of air, a sense of the day congealing.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2020

Her ribs sat there untouched, grown cold now, a thin film of grease congealing beneath them on the plate.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin