Example Sentences

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Hydrogels have unique water-absorbing properties that give them a jellylike consistency resembling biological tissue.

From Science Daily • Sep. 25, 2023

It was instead, Zimmer writes, “a jellylike byproduct of chemical reactions that took place in the jars” in which the ocean-floor samples were stored.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2021

“The spacecraft was a yellowish sphere that eventually melted away to a stringy, viscous substance. The alien is a blue, jellylike object approximately the size of a family sofa.”

From Slate • Feb. 29, 2020

Faith Lutheran Church in Forest Lake, Minnesota, would serve a Scandinavian dinner featuring the pungent, jellylike fish the first Tuesday in December.

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2018

There was a hawking sound, and something tepid and jellylike landed on the back of Turner’s hand.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan