congeal
verb (used with or without object)
to change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state, as by cooling or freezing.
has congealed
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present perfectof congeal (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since 2016, a mood of distrust has congealed around the big tech companies that rule the internet, a mood often called the “techlash.”
From New York Times ● May 27, 2022
Open, roars that feel as if some sort of rarefied connection has congealed already.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2020
And yet it’s only recently that all of this has congealed into something more substantial and damning than “rumor.”
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2019
This restraint has stood him in good stead ever since as the youthful bravura of some of his better-known contemporaries has congealed into somethingempty and cliched.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2013
When it has congealed, wrap a cloth dipped in warm water round the outside of the mould; turn out the jelly, and eat it with ice-cream.
From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Eliza Leslie
