coagulate

Rennet, an enzyme naturally present in the stomachs of ruminants, would prompt the milk to coagulate, separating into curds and whey, thus laying the groundwork for modern cheese production.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024

But anger, irritation and a fear of imminent defeat can coagulate in ways individuals often can't control.

From BBC ● May 5, 2023

In the early 2000s, the Washington Aqueduct came under fire again for releasing high amounts of alum, a substance used to coagulate sediments to filter them from the water, into the Potomac River.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2022

Plasma infusion is an approved use by the FDA in trauma settings or in patients whose blood doesn’t coagulate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2019

Paths of feral fire in the coagulate sands.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

“What we are seeing is due to reentry of material—a mixture of burned-up meteors and spacecraft, which slowly coagulates to form particles that settle through the atmosphere,” he says.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023

Even post-distillation, there’s oil left in the spirit, but when they chill it, the fat coagulates and is then skimmed off.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2021

Gelatin sets on cooling because the hot aqueous mixture of gelatin coagulates as it cools, yielding an extremely viscous body known as a gel.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Unfortunately, as Ms Yazji’s plot thickens, it coagulates.

From Economist ● Dec. 4, 2017

Criminologists had come to understand that blood coagulates at the lowest point of a body after death, producing dark splotches on the skin.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Cream-based dips can get coagulated in the heat and stiff in the cold, especially if you don’t have a portable heating device, so a neutral mixed bean dip is definitely the way to go.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025

But tofu can also harbor some residual whey, a byproduct of when soy milk is coagulated so it turns into curds.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022

But something coagulated under coach Barry Melrose, and Gretzky cites an assist from two unlikely sources that helped them march back into Toronto.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2018

“Really loose and then weird and coagulated in parts.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018

“You’ve coagulated, Mr. Hoodhood,” Mrs. Baker said, which I think is a Caliban curse that I missed.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

He’ll certainly do the same thing about the blood coagulating at the bottom of his body.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025

Indeed, Yang was surprised to learn that so many had abandoned the pressing step, largely because commodity-manufactured tofu — made by coagulating soy milk then curling it on the tray — is saturated with liquid.

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2022

“If you think about it, it’s more similar to a dairy product because it’s made from coagulating soy milk.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2022

How does the endothelium of the blood vessel walls prevent the blood from coagulating as it flows through the blood vessels?

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

He felt the evil coagulating about him, and he was helpless to protect himself.

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck