Sentence examples for thickened like from inspiring English sources

The eggs lost their shine and thickened like pastry cream.

The plot, however, thickened like the fat congealing on the slice.

The plot thickened like a Brandy Alexander when Reraise was asked to serve as tournament co-chairman of the invitational.

In this, the hearts of palm are puréed with garlic and thickened, like a mayonnaise, with olive oil beaten into the mixture in a thread-thin stream.

The plot continues to thicken like a Sunday gravy.

Place the bowl in a basin of boiling water, and stir the dressing until it thickens like soft custard. . . .

There is also the feeling that the action will be livelier, the clothes more inventive, and the intrigue, thickening like a good bechamel, closer to uncovering some of the more rotten aspects behind this ruthlessly chic business.

"In the year 2000," he writes, "it was standard practice for the successful chief executive officer of a corporation to shuck his wife of two to three decades' standing for the simple reason that her subcutaneous packing was deteriorating, her shoulders and upper back were thickening like a shot-putter's -- in short, she was no longer sexy".

It was nearing midnight, long past his normal witching hour, but the crowd was just beginning to thicken, like a rancid sauce.

With the motor running, add the oil in a slow stream until it is emulsified (it will thicken like a mayonnaise).

3. When the half-and-half mixture comes to a boil, increase the heat to high and add the sugar mixture, stirring constantly until it thickens like a custard.