gummed

Example Sentences

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That gummed up credit markets, tanked the value of money-market funds, and sent global stock markets into a tailspin.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

In a memo to employees, Fiddelke said he was trying to clear up “complexity” that gummed up decision-making and made it harder to deliver on ideas, according to the Journal.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 26, 2025

The process, normally gummed up, is even more difficult lately.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

They don’t want to be picking time-consuming fights with the Lords, or creating laws that could be gummed up with hundreds of possible amendments – helpful tweaks - from their lordships.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2024

The gears of the heavens had gotten gummed up, and now it would be daytime forever.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor