jelled; jelling; jells
1
: to take shape and achieve distinctness : become cohesive
: to cause to jell
Examples of jell in a Sentence
Our plans are finally starting to jell.
Boil the jam until it begins to jell.
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When head coach Nick Sirianni took over, there were growing pains and frustrations, but after the Eagles’ 2025 Super Bowl performance, Philly seems to be jelling.
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Brandon Funston, New York Times, 21 May 2025
But Burden has also quickly jelled with his new receivers coach, Antwaan Randle El, whose own competitive passion should stimulate the rookie receiver’s growth.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
This choice jells with the Spanish psytrance producer’s generally hard aesthetic: her intricate music — laced with a spiritual chants and loaded with kickdrum — is intense, as are looks favoring latex and snakes as accessories.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
But the combination of Metcalf and Pickens will be a nightmare for opposing secondaries, so long as Pickens can jell with the more proven wideout.
—Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
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Brandon Funston, New York Times, 21 May 2025
But Burden has also quickly jelled with his new receivers coach, Antwaan Randle El, whose own competitive passion should stimulate the rookie receiver’s growth.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
This choice jells with the Spanish psytrance producer’s generally hard aesthetic: her intricate music — laced with a spiritual chants and loaded with kickdrum — is intense, as are looks favoring latex and snakes as accessories.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Apr. 2025
But the combination of Metcalf and Pickens will be a nightmare for opposing secondaries, so long as Pickens can jell with the more proven wideout.
—Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jell
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“Jell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jell. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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