How to Use gelatinous in a Sentence

gelatinous

adjective
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  • The signs are red threads from the tips of the grass blades and pink gelatinous globs.
    — OregonLive.com, 12 Dec. 2017
  • They’ve been called chewy and stringy, gelatinous and bland.
    — National Geographic, 19 June 2016
  • This is a man caught in the gelatinous grip of gummy bears.
    — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2017
  • Or a gelatinous bowl of poached lamb that let the blood-red oil do all the shouting.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The slugs have figured out a way to be strong where gelatinous desserts are weak.
    — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 27 July 2017
  • The slugs have figured out a way to be strong where gelatinous desserts are weak.
    — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 27 July 2017
  • The females lay eggs that are contained in a gelatinous mass.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Many of the dives found swarms of gelatinous animals known as siphonophores.
    — Author: William J. Broad, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 Aug. 2017
  • The footage also showed a panther that could project its own image and the gelatinous cube.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 21 July 2022
  • Good menudo is a clear broth with just the barest hint of a gelatinous thickness, which pleasantly sticks to the palate.
    — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The aliens need something weighty to disrupt with their gelatinous selves.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2022
  • Their heat is the pulse of a soup whose base is built from pork bones but enriched with the gelatinous magic of pig’s feet.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Then, be sure to strain out any thick, gelatinous remains so all you're left with is the flavor.
    — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 11 May 2018
  • Images of gelatinous fish sliding across the floor ran through my head.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2018
  • The floors would be coated in a butter and soda gelatinous mess.
    — Teresa Hopke, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The second course had roe on it, and something gelatinous and jiggly. . .
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2019
  • There’s even a gelatinous character named Jell-A who seems like tree sap sprung to life.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The tiny cephalopods have gelatinous, fragile bodies with huge eyes.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2015
  • One at a time, rub the seeds on the paper towel to remove their gelatinous coating.
    — Ap McClatchy, The Mercury News, 10 July 2019
  • In the dark, deep ocean fish are usually gelatinous and often lack eyes.
    — National Geographic, 2 June 2017
  • Hippos have four hooved nails, but at birth Fiona's were soft, almost gelatinous, and white.
    — Shauna Steigerwald, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Then, as the female releases thousands of eggs in pearly, gelatinous strands, the male coats them with sperm.
    — Popular Science, 13 May 2020
  • In a cavern, Rani comes across a mound made up of a bubbly, gelatinous substance — the eponymous gunk of the title.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • And mapo tofu, a Sichuan dish, was just spicy enough, and enhanced by gelatinous cubes of tofu that melt in your mouth.
    — Joel Keller, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2016
  • The gelatinous oxtail stew, more rich and savory than spicy, is ladled around a puck of rice and garnished with green onions cut on the bias.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The chicken skin has the rubbery, gelatinous texture of good Hainan chicken.
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The sweet potato starch slurry that is added to the omelet during cooking, along with the oysters, gives the dish a soft and gelatinous texture.
    — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Deep-sea jellyfish tend to turn to gelatinous goo when captured in nets.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The campaign takes the telltale jiggle of the gelatinous dish to new, and delightfully strange heights.
    — Avi Dan, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • But the film is largely a bloody, bouncing, gelatinous blob, all lubed up with nowhere to really go.
    — Richard Lawson, HWD, 19 Sep. 2017

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