Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use thicken in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word thicken? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
This carbon dioxide will thicken the atmosphere and augment greenhouse warming.
Stir the boiling liquid from time to time, until it begins to thicken and becomes syrupy.
I prefer a shoulder-width overhand grip to thicken the teres major and rhomboid muscles.
This rich and creamy mussel soup is lighter than the original, with neither egg yolks nor a flour-and-butter roux to thicken it.
Let the adhesive thicken and become tacky according to the manufacturer's instruction before laying the files.
A couple of miles north and south the trees thicken up and the farms all have bluffs of trees on them so it is quite scenic.
I want to thicken my back and improve the sweep of my quads and upper pecs, and I'll work on my triceps, too.
In this condition, muscle and fibrous tissues of the renal artery wall thicken and harden into rings.
Their stormy, nocturnal pigments of brown, rust, orange and ocher, mixed with black and white, seem to thicken like wet sand.
Yellow corn tends to thicken the dish a lot, while white corn gives a certain soupiness that I prefer.
This constant movement causes water to evaporate, the nectar to thicken and the concentration of sugar to increase.
Cholesterol is known to thicken phosphocholine bilayers by orientating the lipids in a more perpendicular fashion to the bilayer plane.
Overlying these is the Haeengefjeldet Formation, a sequence of subaqueous pyroclastic and epiclastic deposits that thicken to the south west.
Often, when grafts heal, they thicken and leave the patients with horrific scarring.
If such particles become unstable, they clump together causing the paint to thicken substantially.
Fever, heat, and stagnation may damage the fluids, which congeal and thicken and do not flow.
This rich, nutty concoction was added to broth to thicken it, and to corn cakes and hominy as a seasoning.
Simmer for 10 minutes, if the sauce is too runny you can add a tablespoon of cornflour to thicken.
To keep it simple, serve the juice just like that, or thicken it with a little slaked cornflour.
The cornstarch and the sugar will thicken it into a luscious sauce as it cooks.
Show More Sentences
Examples from Classical Literature
Boil the milk with the butter and seasoning, and thicken it with the cornflour.
Cook the chicken in this and when hot take it out and thicken the gravy with a little flour.
If the peanut butter does not thicken it sufficiently, thicken with a little flour.
Put a teaspoon of marmite into a pint of boiling water, season with pepper and salt, thicken with a little browned flour.
Heat the pulp with three parts of the soup, mix six yolks of eggs with the remainder of it, and thicken it over the fire.
To form its skeleton the crab had only to thicken the cuticle already present in the annelid.
When boiling, thicken and add corn, oyster plant and cream, with salt.
That perils had thickened about him fast, and might thicken faster and faster yet, he of course knew now.
I thicken the filling with cornstarch rather than flour because I prefer the former's translucence to the latter's muddiness.
It soon began to rain and thicken in the northwest, boding no good.
The clock ticked through the minutes of a half-hour and the afternoon outside began to thicken and darken turbidly.
Where the trees thicken into a wood, the fragrance of the wet earth and rotting leaves kicked up by the horses' hoofs fills my soul with delight.
At last, when the darkness and stillness had seemed for hours to thicken one another, she heard the bell at the gate.
The odour of the victuals seemed to thicken into a kind of smoke.
Add the remaining cream and reboil, the sauce should thicken straight away.
Mix all together and thicken with toasted bread crumbs or granola.
My aunt always does, and this fog may thicken up any moment.
Then remove it from the fire, beat in the yolks and stir until they thicken.
To the last add a little powdered Castile soap, when it begins to thicken, and evaporate to a pilular consistence.
Thicken the gravy with a little flour, and flavour it with a glass of wine.
Show More Sentences
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
7-letter Words Starting With
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024