1
as in to freeze
to become physically firm or solid
the surface of the pond congealed after several days of frigid temperatures
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2
as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the gravy had already started to congeal by the time the waiter served our dinners
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Recent Examples of congeal
Pools of blood filled the crevices and congealed in clots.
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Enrique Krauze, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2013
Powerful wind gusts and hail will be the main threats when storms first form late Monday, but the tornado threat will increase overnight while individual storms start to congeal into an expansive line.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
At the time, Charlie Kirk did not make much of the congealing conventional wisdom.
—Philip Wegmann, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
Aside this was a pool — five or six feet long and almost as wide — of what appeared to be the same fetid liquid, congealed.
—Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
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Enrique Krauze, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2013
Powerful wind gusts and hail will be the main threats when storms first form late Monday, but the tornado threat will increase overnight while individual storms start to congeal into an expansive line.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
At the time, Charlie Kirk did not make much of the congealing conventional wisdom.
—Philip Wegmann, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2025
Aside this was a pool — five or six feet long and almost as wide — of what appeared to be the same fetid liquid, congealed.
—Ian Frisch, Curbed, 9 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for congeal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeal
Verb
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This adds another layer of protection without completely freezing access to credit. 5.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Her decision to freeze her eggs wasn't made lightly.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Issues with lip sync and the occasional dialogue choice that doesn’t gel together with the current conversations, reiterating something as brand new when characters have already acknowledged it, are a common occurrence.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2025
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That’s a reasonable enough line for a low-budget spy thriller but doesn’t gel with the guerilla style Burger wanted to direct.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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These were also the years when Twain’s contradictions began to harden into gleaming marble.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Dirt and sweat can dry and harden your gloves and soil the inside, defeating their purpose of protecting your hands.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2025
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Pindar said the fascia can stiffen under stress or illness, reducing circulation and making waste removal more difficult.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Energy Department typically stiffens a requirement only after years of study, comment, negotiation and testing (and sometimes litigation) among industry, consumer and environmental groups.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
11 Apr. 2025
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That familiar lump of expectation coagulated in my stomach and throat.—
Thomas Weddle,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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But there was another possible explanation the company didn’t discuss: Blood could coagulate inside the filter if the dialysis machine’s flow rate was set too low.—
John Carreyrou,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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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.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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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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“Congeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeal. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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