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.
were congealing
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past progressiveof congeal.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They went forth into the rain, Hugh's blood leaping with excitement, the plain-clothes man shivering as if he were congealing.
From Nedra by George Barr McCutcheon
We could scarcely speak; the bones of my face were in intense pain, and I felt as if the cold were congealing my heart.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
