gummed

Example Sentences

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But conditions worsened Friday when they discovered they could not offload a neutralizing agent in the failing tank because the valves had broken and were gummed up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

That gummed up credit markets, tanked the value of money-market funds, and sent global stock markets into a tailspin.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

In a memo to employees, Fiddelke said he was trying to clear up “complexity” that gummed up decision-making and made it harder to deliver on ideas, according to the Journal.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 26, 2025

The process, normally gummed up, is even more difficult lately.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

It was bitterly cold outside; the hairs inside my nose gummed and froze.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys