jelled; jelling; jells
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: to take shape and achieve distinctness : become cohesive
: to cause to jell
Examples of jell in a Sentence
Our plans are finally starting to jell.
Boil the jam until it begins to jell.
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Context: While Jokić's monster numbers are crucial, Denver's overall chemistry appears to have jelled over the past two months.
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Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
The quintet jelled quickly to prove themselves to Cowell and the other judges.
—Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Helping in his midseason renaissance was the fact that his line with Pavel Zacha and Morgan Geekie has jelled.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
Rempe, Edström and Sam Carrick have been jelling as a line, with Rempe negating a Carrick first-period goal by being a couple of strides offside.
—Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
The quintet jelled quickly to prove themselves to Cowell and the other judges.
—Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Helping in his midseason renaissance was the fact that his line with Pavel Zacha and Morgan Geekie has jelled.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
Rempe, Edström and Sam Carrick have been jelling as a line, with Rempe negating a Carrick first-period goal by being a couple of strides offside.
—Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Jell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jell. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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