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Recent Examples of congeal For example, William of Auvergne, who served as bishop of Paris in the thirteenth century, described the need to convert fleeting passions such as love and joy into lasting dispositions—and to avoid allowing hate, pain, or anger to congeal similarly. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024 The film dramatically recreates many terrifyingly visceral details of war: blood congealing on faces facing a campfire, birds devouring the eyes of a corpse, a woman walking into a fire that would consume her. Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Some thunderstorms may initially develop separately from one another only to ultimately congeal and form powerful lines that deliver greater wind damage. Mary Gilbert, CNN, 26 June 2024 Within hours of a jury finding Mr. Trump guilty last week, the anger congealed into demands for action. Charlie Savage, New York Times, 5 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for congeal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeal
Verb
  • The recent frenzy in the Trump Administration to dismantle the federal government has resulted in some VAWA funds being frozen.
    Sarah Lustbader, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
  • By strategically freezing non-essential backfills, organizations can achieve substantial cost savings while reducing workforce size without triggering the cultural fallout that layoffs so often bring.
    Sherzod Odilov, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • But recent performances have shown the attacking quartet can gel nicely, with Ancelotti giving them the freedom to rotate in games.
    Thom Harris, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Tim Robinson’s post-show success puts him more in the Ben Stiller or Sarah Silverman lane of cast members who didn’t gel during their one season at 8H then quickly went on to bigger and better things.
    Andy Hoglund, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • More frequent and severe disasters are forcing local governments to spend more on infrastructure — like sea walls, storm pumps, and hardening critical facilities — services that are funded largely through property taxes.
    Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Already, Russia appears to be hardening its stance: Moscow has ruled out any peacekeepers from NATO-member countries in monitoring any peace settlement.
    Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • At one point, the lower half of a student’s body can be seen stiffening before the student then falls to the ground similar to a boxer being knocked out.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
  • The big red button on the steering wheel stiffens suspension temporarily for keeping grip.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Still, blood’s habit of coagulating, so useful in the body, proved a challenge outside of it: within a few minutes of beginning a transfusion, clots would gum up the needles and tubes, seriously limiting the quantity of blood that could be moved from person to person.
    Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Her husband’s samples had arrived there coagulated and useless.
    John Carreyrou, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Context: While Jokić's monster numbers are crucial, Denver's overall chemistry appears to have jelled over the past two months.
    Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The quintet jelled quickly to prove themselves to Cowell and the other judges.
    Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Congeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeal. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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