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Thickening is an English word with synonyms like deepening or condensing. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Thickening meaning

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

Synonyms of Thickening

Using Thickening

  • The main meaning on this page is: The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous. | A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce. | A thickened part of a structure.
  • Useful related words include: deepening, condensing, inspissation, convexity.
  • In the example corpus, thickening often appears in combinations such as: thickening of, as thickening, thickening agent.

Context around Thickening

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Thickening

  • In this selection, "thickening" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, hair, cloud, causes, agent, shampoo and cloud stand out and add context to how "thickening" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include achilles tendon thickening is the and add that thickening cloud will. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "thickening" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and agitating, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with thickening

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

In some cases, patients might have associated numbness and nerve thickening too. (12 words)

Initially, the main impact will be a thickening of high clouds as early as tonight. (15 words)

Reacting to the West’s thickening plot in Moldova, Transnistria has sought protection from Moscow. (15 words)

Novo Nordisk said it plans to start a second Phase 2 test of the lead Cardior drug in patients with cardiac hypertrophy, a condition that leads to thickening and stiffening of heart muscle walls, which affects the organ’s ability to pump blood. (43 words)

Is there a substantial difference between this and abstract art that seeks to elicit certain emotions through a mixing of colors and textures (stippling, scumbling, dripping, thickening an impasto, scraping, washing or hurling paint at the canvas)? (37 words)

The exact cause of the injury still isn’t completely clear, but researchers have since zeroed in on the compound Vitamin E Acetate, which is often used as a thickening agent in illegal cannabis vape devices. (36 words)

Is there a substantial difference between this and abstract art that seeks to elicit certain emotions through a mixing of colors and textures (stippling, scumbling, dripping, thickening an impasto, scraping, washing or hurling paint at the canvas)? (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Cloud thickening in the early evening however may result in some scattered showers from the south.

Initially, the main impact will be a thickening of high clouds as early as tonight.

Lastly, Dr. Westbay advises being cautious of sodium chloride, which is sometimes included in foundations and skin-care products as a thickening agent and can worsen or trigger breakouts.

Most commonly it causes thickening within the fascia of the hand, which is a normal structure that provides attachment of the skin to deeper structures allowing us to use our hands for gripping.

The exact cause of the injury still isn’t completely clear, but researchers have since zeroed in on the compound Vitamin E Acetate, which is often used as a thickening agent in illegal cannabis vape devices.

The Michigan Neurology Associated noted that dehydration may also have a thickening effect on the blood, which poses its own set of risks.

Thinning hair is one of the main concerns men have, so it’s no surprise that thickening conditioners are all the rage these days.

According to senior shopping writer and beauty aficionado Lourdes Avila Uribe, she's used the Sachajuan thickening shampoo before and definitely found that it left her hair feeling thicker and fuller, without compromising on smoothness.

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But thickening cloud and rain is likely to arrive across south-western areas during the day, heralding more widely unsettled conditions for most parts.

Collagen Complex Hair Thickening Shampoo & Conditioner has been wowing shoppers with its claims to improve hair thickness by 20 per cent in just eight weeks.

Finally, he augmented the syrup with salt, almond extract, gum arabic, xanthan gum (to keep the mixture in suspension) and Methocel F50, a food-grade thickening and binding agent (for proper foam generation).

In some cases, patients might have associated numbness and nerve thickening too.

Is there a substantial difference between this and abstract art that seeks to elicit certain emotions through a mixing of colors and textures (stippling, scumbling, dripping, thickening an impasto, scraping, washing or hurling paint at the canvas)?

Novo Nordisk said it plans to start a second Phase 2 test of the lead Cardior drug in patients with cardiac hypertrophy, a condition that leads to thickening and stiffening of heart muscle walls, which affects the organ’s ability to pump blood.

Reacting to the West’s thickening plot in Moldova, Transnistria has sought protection from Moscow.

Regaine is topping the charts as the go-to remedy for baldness, but don't overlook hair-thickening vitamins and potions either.

The researchers of the study noted: "Achilles tendon thickening is the early characteristic of Achilles tendon xanthomas".

They add that ‘thickening cloud will bring some rain and snow into the south during the early hours, but remaining dry elsewhere’.

Tom said: “So this is a really quick-fire way of thickening up any thin patches in your lawns.

We can also read that geologists advise eating at least one rock a day, that Elmer’s glue should be added to pizza sauce for thickening and that it’s completely chill to run with scissors.

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Common combinations with thickening

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "thickening" in a sentence?
An example: "Cloud thickening in the early evening however may result in some scattered showers from the south." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "thickening" from authentic English texts.
What does "thickening" mean?
Thickening means: The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
What are synonyms of "thickening"?
Common synonyms of "thickening" include: deepening, condensing, inspissation, convexity, convex shape, knob, node, stuff. Plus 5 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "thickening" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "thickening", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.