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How to use thickening in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, adjective

Thickening means the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous. Example: “They disappear at once on slightly relaxing the air-pressure, whilst true incipient thickenings of the surface remain white and unpliably stiff.”

Examples of thickening by meaning

nounA thickened part of a structure.

  • They disappear at once on slightly relaxing the air-pressure, whilst true incipient thickenings of the surface remain white and unpliably stiff.1902, Edwin Hurry Fenwick, Obscure Diseases of the Urethra, page 30

adjectiveBeginning to thicken, becoming thicker.

  • From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48

More sentences with thickening

  • In microgravity their arteries are thickening and stiffening and the muscle of the heart weakening and shrinking.2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 25. From the entry microgravity
  • The enlargement, thickening, and fibrosis of the labia is termed esthiomene.2009, Thomas P. Habif, Clinical Dermatology E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 409. From the entry esthiomene
  • A low fog rolled across the frozen water, faint ripples thickening into groundmist at the tree line.2006, Craig Davidson, Rust and Bone. From the entry groundmist
  • One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.2024 October 3, Sandee LaMotte, “‘I’ve never experienced pain like that’: Consumers pay the price for untested food ingredients”, in CNN. From the entry Peru
  • Thin filaments (70 nm) composed of spore wall material were observed projecting from an abopercular thickening of the spore wall.2014, Andrew D. Winters, Mohamed Faisal, “Molecular and ultrastructural characterization of Haplosporidium diporeiae n. sp., a parasite of…. From the entry abopercular
  • Like most hariras, this Berber version is finished off with a thickening agent to develop the proper velvety texture.2012, Paula Wolfert, The Food of Morocco, A&C Black, →ISBN. From the entry harira
  • Submucosal thickening further contributes to luminal narrowing.1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s…. From the entry ulcerative colitis
  • The placodes are localized thickenings of the cephalic surface ectoderm.1974, Herbert Tuchmann-Duplessis, G. David, P. Haegel, Illustrated Human Embryology, Volumes 1-3, Springer, page 94. From the entry placode
  • The hymenium is a more-or-less thickening euhymenium or a catahymenium, often with associated sterile hyphidia, cystidia, gloeocystidia, setae or gloeovessels.1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic…. From the entry gloeovessel
  • In the cerebellum the thickening takes place to such an extent that the epicœle is usually obliterated altogether.1921, Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell, A Text‐Book of Zoology, volume II, Macmillan and Co., page 97. From the entry epicœle
  • Gallbladder swelling and wall thickening were found using liver and gallbladder B-ultrasound and 26 cases had pericholecystic fluid and 63 cases had cholecystolithiasis.2015 July 9, Yi-Ren Hu et al., “Efficacy and safety of B-mode ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage combined…. From the entry cholecystolithiasis
  • DME was defined as the presence of any retinal thickening or hard exsudates at the posterior pole irrespective of center involvement or ischemic characteristics.2015 July 16, “Risk Factors for Retinopathy and DME in Type 2 Diabetes—Results from the German/Austrian DPV Database”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry exsudates
  • This process adds flavor and color but destroys some of the thickening power of the flour; acidic foods also have this antithickening effect.1990, Lendal Henry Kotschevar, Short Order Cooking, page 95. From the entry antithickening
  • Under these conditions it appears that the action of gravitation predominates, since only the zenithward side underwent thickening of the cell walls.1903, O. M. Ball, “The Effect of Tension upon the Development of Mechanical Tissues of Plants”, in Transactions of the Texas Academy of…. From the entry zenithward
  • Such intracuticular thickenings typically occur around plate articulations, hence the thickenings could indicate a beginning plate differentiation, or alternatively, be the last trace of two plates that have fused.2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry intracuticular
  • Pre- and poststudies using CT may enable us to understand which components of lung disease are reversible, for example, airway wall thickening, and facilitate targeted, lower radiation, limited scans.2015, Andrew Bush, Diana Bilton, Margaret Hodson, Hodson and Geddes' Cystic Fibrosis, Fourth Edition. From the entry poststudy
  • A good definition for broth would be “seasoned stock.” With the possible addition of salt and other seasonings, fats, or thickening agents, broth is tasty and satisfying.2013, Hallee Bridgeman, Hallee the Homemaker™, Fifty Shades of Gravy A Christian gets Saucy!: A Cookbook and a Parody, House of Bread…. From the entry seasoned
  • Apparently from this passage, the distillation process of the grape juice in the winetrough has gone too far, and the thickening liquid is almost to the consistency of jelly!!2001, Marilyn Savage Gray, The Real Shakespeare, page 310. From the entry winetrough

Meaning of thickening

  1. noun The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
  2. noun A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce.
  3. noun A thickened part of a structure.

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Questions about thickening in a sentence

How do you use thickening in a sentence?
Thickening is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “They disappear at once on slightly relaxing the air-pressure, whilst true incipient thickenings of the surface remain white and unpliably stiff.”
What is a short sentence with thickening?
“Submucosal thickening further contributes to luminal narrowing.”
What does thickening mean?
Thickening means the process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.

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