thickening

Example Sentences

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I’m thinking about this as I start using wet paper towels to clean the thickening ketchup out of my hair.

From Literature

In the new study, the researchers protected the bacteria by enclosing them, along with magnetic particles, inside small droplets of sodium alginate, a thickening ingredient commonly found in foods.

From Science Daily

More of those tiny creatures kept joining the fight, and now a glowing sludge was thickening and hardening around the propellers.

From Literature

The team found that visceral fat was consistently associated with plaque buildup and artery wall thickening, while liver fat had a smaller but still important effect.

From Science Daily

These polar "geoengineering" techniques aim to cool the planet in unconventional ways, such as artificially thickening sea-ice or releasing tiny, reflective particles into the atmosphere.

From BBC