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

Galleries tend to coagulate around other galleries, maximizing foot traffic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

In the early 2000s, the Washington Aqueduct came under fire again for releasing high amounts of alum, a substance used to coagulate sediments to filter them from the water, into the Potomac River.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2022

Paths of feral fire in the coagulate sands.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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

Biacuplasty coagulates the nerves in the discs, he says, and there’s a chance it may even help heal fissures or cracks in degenerated discs.

From US News ● Sep. 20, 2016

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

One TikTok user uploaded a video of the sauce she had ordered, which arrived looking pale and coagulated with dark blue or green specks, according to the footage.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2022

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

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

Instead, they are coagulated and sit clumpy in my mouth.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2017

“You’ve coagulated, Mr. Hoodhood,” Mrs. Baker said, which I think is a Caliban curse that I missed.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

They laugh it off and agree to go to a restaurant instead, leaving behind a coagulating pool of orange fondue and an uncorked bottle of red wine.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2017

How does the endothelium of the blood vessel walls prevent the blood from coagulating as it flows through the blood vessels?

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

He felt the evil coagulating about him, and he was helpless to protect himself.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck