coagulate

Rennet, an enzyme naturally present in the stomachs of ruminants, would prompt the milk to coagulate, separating into curds and whey, thus laying the groundwork for modern cheese production.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024

But anger, irritation and a fear of imminent defeat can coagulate in ways individuals often can't control.

From BBC ● May 5, 2023

“I’m very smart. I’m a mathematician by hobby. I coagulate differences between America and other countries. I understand things about the Mafia and simple daily living.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

Instead of approaching R&B as a bold exteriorization of the soul, her songs tiptoe inward, toward those quicksand corners of the brain where vivid feelings struggle to coagulate into coherent thoughts.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021

The bump on my forehead was swollen and I stopped the bleeding by lying still and letting it coagulate, then picked away the dried blood except over the cut.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

“What we are seeing is due to reentry of material—a mixture of burned-up meteors and spacecraft, which slowly coagulates to form particles that settle through the atmosphere,” he says.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023

But perhaps their unique feature is how their blood, which is bright blue, coagulates when exposed to harmful bacterial endotoxins, a feature that has kept them alive for about 450 million years.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021

Gelatin sets on cooling because the hot aqueous mixture of gelatin coagulates as it cools, yielding an extremely viscous body known as a gel.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Unfortunately, as Ms Yazji’s plot thickens, it coagulates.

From Economist ● Dec. 4, 2017

Criminologists had come to understand that blood coagulates at the lowest point of a body after death, producing dark splotches on the skin.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Baken and Baitz’s previous effort coagulated into some sorta cultural critique about the nation going to Hell, while “All’s Fair” celebrates some of the people sending us there in a shameless parade of gaudy excess.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

In the United States, the game show “Fear Factor” challenged contestants to eat foods with ingredients like fish eyes, cow bile and coagulated blood paste.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2021

Today, the term has coagulated around the idea of a Type A self-motivated woman who derives strength from her conception of her gender.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2018

But something coagulated under coach Barry Melrose, and Gretzky cites an assist from two unlikely sources that helped them march back into Toronto.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2018

In the veins of turtles coursed a sweet lassi that had to be drunk as soon as it spurted from their necks, because it coagulated in less than a minute.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

He’ll certainly do the same thing about the blood coagulating at the bottom of his body.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025

“If you think about it, it’s more similar to a dairy product because it’s made from coagulating soy milk.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2022

Early tests involved coagulating macadamia, cashew, oat and almond milks.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2021

And yet power, seeping out of the American system, seemed to be coagulating nowhere. 

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2014

The plates with pieces of steak ends and coagulating grease were on the floor, on top of the bookcases, under the bed.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck