How to Use jell in a Sentence

jell

verb

• Boil the jam until it begins to jell.
• Our plans are finally starting to jell.
• But the group seemed to jell early on, hence the hoots and hollers from the back of the bus on the first full day.
  — Terri Colby, The Seattle Times, 16 June 2017
• Well-timed, the Canes seem to have jelled just in time for the postseason.
  — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 22 May 2017
• How’s the team going to jell together with some of the new pieces?
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2022
• Its disparate parts don’t quite jell, and the ending feels rushed.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2023
• The last month has been a process of getting both up to game speed, and figuring out how to jell.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 27 Mar. 2022
• At least, that would give him more reps to jell with the starting line before the Sept. 11 season opener.
  — Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2022
• Things will get better for the offense as the players jell around Uiagalelei.
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2021
• Despite returning five starters from last year's group, the Lions opened the week at 3-4 and are still jelling as a group.
  — Rich Mayor, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• Ellis was a borderline all-star but didn't seem to jell on the court with Curry, a first-round pick in 2009.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2021
• Such a scenario might tell us a lot about whether Brown will jell with a group that touts unselfishness.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2020
• The question at the start of camp was how well the new players would jell in Donovan’s more up-tempo offense.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• With 26 games left in the regular season, the new-look Cavs have plenty to sort out and little time to jell.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Perry’s game was largely based on an east-west style and cycling the puck down low, which does not jell with how the Ducks want to play.
  — Curtis Zupke, latimes.com, 19 June 2019
• The effort to stabilize the chef John Besh’s restaurant group in New Orleans has had more time to jell.
  — Kim Severson, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
• As Hüsker Dü jelled into a blitzkrieg hardcore trio, the bond between Mould and Hart deepened.
  — Jason Heller, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2017
• The coaching staff had concerns about what the new team might look like and how fast players could jell together on the ice.
  — Randy McRoberts, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2022
• The defense wasn’t intact until about a week before the opener, and never had a chance to jell.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2021
• As team captain and the heart of the Pride’s defense, Harris will be under pressure as this group tries to jell in a short time frame.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• Making a difference: Rochelle Zell jells on the court by helping others off the court.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• Brendan Perlini is jelling with the Red Wings after a slow start.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2019
• This team will be scrappy but may take some time to jell into a cohesive unit.
  — Rich Scherr, baltimoresun.com, 7 Dec. 2021
• Last year, Ainge said, the questions were centered on whether such a deep, talented roster could find a way to jell.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2019
• The Lakers are hoping their team jells quickly enough to win a championship this year.
  — Tania Ganguli, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2019
• This remains a really good defense and the offense should jell at some point soon.
  — Adam Burkevsin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• Creating depth at the position is vital, the new coach said, for an offense to jell.
  — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 27 Aug. 2019
• With inconsistent starters in 2020, the Horned Frogs have to figure out which players jell as a unit and which players don’t.
  — Katherine G Griffith, Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2021
• The Huskies started 4-3 as their eight returning players worked to jell with the newcomers.
  — Jon J. Kerr, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• For a team whose new scoring options may take some time to jell, defense will likely still be its calling card.
  — Nathan Brown, Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024