- present participle of thicken.
thickening
Example Sentences
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Thickening the plot, the Cardinals traded Voit, a native of the St. Louis area, for Gallegos in 2018.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022
Thickening clouds over the European economy come just as the European Central Bank is preparing to raise borrowing costs for the first time since 2011.
From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2022
Like McLaren, he follows this with Park Ave from the middle of the hair shaft to the ends, finishing with Dallas Thickening Spray at the roots.
From Forbes • Jun. 10, 2014
Thickening of the endometrium prepares the uterus to receive the fertilized egg or zygote, which will then implant itself in the endometrium.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
As a huge moss-rock in a valley green, When the light to freeze began, Thickening with crystals of dark between, Might look like a sleeping man.
From A Hidden Life and Other Poems by MacDonald, George