How to Use jell in a Sentence

jell

verb
  • Boil the jam until it begins to jell.
  • Our plans are finally starting to jell.
  • This last couple of them jelled.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025
  • With that drama in the past, the team quickly jelled on the ice.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
  • From day one, everybody clicked and jelled well.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Its disparate parts don’t quite jell, and the ending feels rushed.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2023
  • How’s the team going to jell together with some of the new pieces?
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Well-timed, the Canes seem to have jelled just in time for the postseason.
    — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 22 May 2017
  • 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
  • But a supremely talented duo hasn’t jelled — at least, not yet.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • This team will be scrappy but may take some time to jell into a cohesive unit.
    — Rich Scherr, baltimoresun.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Afterwards, the running back spoke about how the team has jelled in recent weeks.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Barkey and Zegras are roommates — and jelled just as well as linemates.
    — Cbs News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • If the Raptors’ starting lineup cannot jell, his next role could be sixth man.
    — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • This remains a really good defense and the offense should jell at some point soon.
    — Adam Burkevsin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
  • To say Ross’ ideas for the film jelled successfully would be putting it mildly.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Things will get better for the offense as the players jell around Uiagalelei.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The offensive line, which tried to add three transfers to the starting unit, never jelled.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Lakers are hoping their team jells quickly enough to win a championship this year.
    — Tania Ganguli, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The quintet jelled quickly to prove themselves to Cowell and the other judges.
    — Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • The line is developing and should jell as the season progresses.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • 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

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