jelled; jelling; jells
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: 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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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.
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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
The quintet jelled quickly to prove themselves to Cowell and the other judges.
—Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
To say Ross’ ideas for the film jelled successfully would be putting it mildly.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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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
The quintet jelled quickly to prove themselves to Cowell and the other judges.
—Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
To say Ross’ ideas for the film jelled successfully would be putting it mildly.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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 4 May. 2025.
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