thicken
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His shredding effect on electric guitar and multi-tracking to thicken his instrument’s sound dominate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
But forecasters at the National Weather Service warned the smoke may thicken overnight into Saturday morning.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
As the valve tissue degenerates, the thin flaps that should meet neatly can thicken, stretch, or lose their normal shape.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Adenomyosis, is a condition often compared to endometriosis and occurs when where endometrial-like tissue grows into the muscular wall of the uterus, causing it to thicken and enlarge.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
And it gave him a shivering to see her face change, the steel leave her eyes, the lips thicken from line to bow, and the corners turn up.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
When stirred through at the end, it thickens the tomato juices into something cohesive — salty, tangy, faintly luxurious.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
The question hangs in the air as the sound thickens during soundcheck — guitars climbing, drums cracking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
As Mr. Carlsson thickens the atmosphere, he keeps our attention fixed on crimes that are distant in time yet critically linked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Supporting Halloween is an exercise in civic association that thickens democratic bonds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
We've made it about two blocks when the sidewalk traffic thickens even more.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
They also work at a low frequency and are able to penetrate buildings and elevators and particularly hospitals - which can have thickened walls to protect people from X-rays and other radiation.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
When the sleepiest central bank on Earth becomes the one that matters, the plot has thickened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
But for deeper flavor, transfer the skillet to the oven and bake for 20–25 minutes, until bubbling around the edges and slightly thickened.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
On many tracks, he crafts a thickened variation on Bob Dylan’s wild mercury sound, with gurgling organ, touches of strings and horns, and evocative swells of pedal-steel guitar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
The crowd thickened about him, putting out their wild hands, seizing and demanding.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
These cells can grow excessively in rheumatoid arthritis and contribute to inflammation, thickening of joint tissue, and damage to cartilage and bone.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
For hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—the thickening of heart muscles—it was 56 steps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
"We lost a loved one," his voice thickening.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
They gather shortly after daybreak outside a minimarket, the tropical heat thickening, the dawn haze in lethargic retreat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
Although it was a subtle change, he understood what Leader had meant when he said that Forest was thickening.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
