How to Use gelatinous in a Sentence

gelatinous

adjective

• The signs are red threads from the tips of the grass blades and pink gelatinous globs.
  — OregonLive.com, 12 Dec. 2017
• The massive vat of gelatinous veal stock spilling in the walk-in, though?
  — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 3 June 2024
• 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
• First, the eyes could help detect gelatinous prey, which emit light at or near the UV spectrum.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
• 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 stream was bright orange, its water almost gelatinous at the edges.
  — Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
• 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
• Also in 2017, the jellyfish washed up on the beach, a large gelatinous blob of a body with cloudy, white tentacles.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
• The chicken skin has the rubbery, gelatinous texture of good Hainan chicken.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024