Example Sentences

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On one end of the recipe spectrum, you have chia seed water — straightforward yet packed with nutritional benefits and textures, namely from the soaked seeds that form a jelly-like consistency.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

However, she can only eat small cherry tomatoes because she finds the big ones, with their slimy, jelly-like interior, repulsive - something plenty of neurodivergent people will agree with.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

An oarfish’s body is extremely delicate, so much so that if you pick one up it could break in half because of its jelly-like bones, Paig-Tran said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

This "smart" material, called FG phase, is jelly-like and impenetrable for most macromolecules.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2024

A jelly-like, starchy-looking glop resulted from the lye and potatoes, and Shorty broke in the two eggs, stirring real fast— his own conk and dark face bent down close.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey