Example Sentences
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Still, around the globe, other routes to citizenship are becoming more clotted.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
One tenacious fallacy about Shakespeare is that his speeches are always clotted with gargantuan words; Macbeth’s “multitudinous seas incarnadine” is a classic example.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
High-fat creams generally contain 30-40% fat and include whipping cream, double cream and clotted cream.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
Some say he spent most tea times with New Yorker reporter Emily Hahn, two legends living legendarily, sharing tales over cucumber sandwiches, curried prawns, scones with clotted cream and strong black tea.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
Her compliments were clotted with an extravagance that made them seem insincere, yet her friends smiled and bloomed under them.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
