How to Use solidify in a Sentence

solidify

verb

• Work is under way to solidify the concrete that supports the building.
• Hot wax solidifies as it cools.
• Recent findings helped to solidify our position.
• The international community is working to solidify its alliances.
• By the following day, the grease will have mostly solidified and risen to the top.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
• The event is where watch news is broken and trends are set or solidified.
  — Sarah Royce-Greensill, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
• This gives the sugars in the bread a chance to solidify, making the bread easier to slice.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2023
• In her absence, the show was able to solidify the interns as part of the ensemble.
  — Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Oct. 2024
• Week 4 will go down as the episode that solidified the three front-runners, and then upended it all.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 July 2024
• In fact, director Paul King told Rolling Stone those clips helped solidify in his mind the actor for the role.
  — Melissah Yang, refinery29.com, 11 Dec. 2023
• Along the way, he’s become a fan favorite, solidified a starting spot and earned the trust of Kansas coach Bill Self.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
• Proche had one catch for 7 yards on two targets but did little to solidify a spot on the roster.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
• And that helped solidify Napa Valley as being one of the truly great wine regions of the world.
  — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• When the Moon joins with free-thinking Uranus, change can solidify within us all.
  — Chicago Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
• But not long after, in early March, the two went on a weekend trip to Boston and their bond solidified.
  — Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• For all intents and purposes, July was Jamaica’s — and the island solidified that fact on the very last day of the month.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024
• Then there’s Rodgers, the outlier in all that with a chance to solidify Hartline’s eye for talent.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
• Whitmore would pair nicely with some of the Rockets’ young pieces and could solidify himself as one of the better wing players in the game in just a few years.
  — James Mueller, Chron, 11 May 2023
• There’s a solidifying force in the cosmos with today’s grand earth trine.
  — USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
• The Hornets won nine district games, solidifying themselves as a top team in the area.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2024
• The putty must be stiff so it can be molded into any shape or thickness to keep the candle solidified in its place.
  — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2024
• The Tigers had a team outing Sunday before an off-day Monday, when coaches will begin to solidify the depth chart for the start of the season.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 22 Aug. 2022
• His presence further solidified the rarefied niche that Ten Tenths hopes to fill.
  — London Clark, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
• These stats only solidify Nolan as a box office force to be reckoned with.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
• Over 3½ days of meetings and speeches, the Ukrainian leader is charged with finding ways to solidify support as portions of the world seek to move on.
  — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• Winning four rings in eight Finals outings in the ’80s solidified them as the newest NBA dynasty.
  — Shannon Carlin, Time, 4 Aug. 2023
• The ambiguity over the ring seemed to solidify the left’s view of Sinema as often aloof.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2022
• From galas to film festivals and award shows, the couple has solidified their spot time and time again as one of the most gorgeous couples in Hollywood.
  — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• Though each of the director’s original projects has spoken to his artistic sensibilities, Cowboy Bebop solidified him as a sci-fi visionary whose style and eclectic taste in music set him apart.
  — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
• Each such entry in the space is a crucial, tangible representation of Black life, further solidifying our cultural staying power via their shelf lives; Jannah and Kiyanna’s book seeks to contribute to that growing canon.
  — Shelli Nicole, Architectural Digest, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024