Example Sentences

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And the more they rehearsed, the more they cohered.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Through him, they met other colorful personalities of the “Cool School” art scene that had cohered in the 1960s around the Ferus Gallery and the scruffy beach neighborhood of Venice.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

It cohered only by ignoring certain experiences, stories, and viewpoints.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2023

This is before modern, post-war feminism has really cohered into a visible movement.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022

To produce a scroll, the stalks of the plant were slit open and laid flat in overlapping fashion; when two layers of these were pressed or pounded, the moisture-laden stalks cohered, producing a sheet.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro