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

After the game, his face would congeal once again.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

“After awhile it all congeals and you start losing history,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

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

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 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

Other sounds, be it his wife popping chewing gum or a neighbour's dog barking, and some smells, such as congealed fat or grease, and sights such as fluorescent lights, have always made him very uncomfortable.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024

I’ve never tasted dog food but I’m sure this was worse—brownish squares of congealed meat fat from rusted tins, which, lacking utensils, we dug out with our fingers.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

Do you see your works, then, gesturing toward a congealing of identity, or some collective sensibility?

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2021

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

In the end, movement, light, music and text are all surfaces in this “Four Quartets” that prevent Eliot’s words from congealing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 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