How to Use condense in a Sentence

condense

verb
Definition of condensenext
Synonyms for condensenext
  • Moisture in the air condenses to form tiny drops of water.
  • Condense the milk by cooking it slowly.
  • The cooler temperatures cause the gas to condense into a liquid.
  • The information is collected and then passed on to the CEO in condensed form.
  • In the oven’s high heat, the cubes condense and turn golden, and caramelize at their edges.
    — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021
  • In recent years, though, the Gulf Coast route has been condensed.
    — John Sharp | , al, 6 Apr. 2023
  • There just wasn’t anything for our breath to condense on to.
    — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
  • Note: Some of the answers have been edited and condensed for length.
    — Taylor Seely, USA TODAY, 6 July 2018
  • The moisture needs something to condense on – like the water that forms on the side of a cold glass on a hot day.
    — Cnn Com Wire Service, Orange County Register, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Warm, moist air over the chilly Lake Michigan waters cooled and condensed to form a cloud.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2019
  • The effects also have caused the shop owners to condense their stock, which is not all bad, Starr told The Aegis.
    — Callan Tansill-Suddath, baltimoresun.com, 26 Nov. 2021
  • What were the hardest parts of the stage musical to condense or cut from the screenplay?
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 15 June 2021
  • The air can then condense and turn into liquid, which falls as rain.
    — Washington Post, 21 July 2021
  • Rock, metal and ice condense out of the disk to form planetary seeds.
    — Meredith A. MacGregor, Scientific American, 19 May 2020
  • So the oxygen in the air and also the nitrogen can condense onto the surface.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The region around the sun where the planet formed was too hot for volatile compounds like water to condense.
    — Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2018
  • After the agreement was made, MLS condensed the schedule by three weeks, Wright said.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2019
  • This tends to cool and condense the moisture in the tropical storm front, which then leads to rainfall.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Instead, the focus has been on the sites where shade might allow water to condense and form ice.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2020
  • As fruits and lettuces spend time in the fridge, moisture leaks out, which condenses and leads to the foods going bad faster.
    — Caitlin Penzeymoog, Vox, 4 Sep. 2024
  • And when Shin played there in 2012, poor weather led to the third and fourth rounds being condensed into a single day.
    — Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • The air goes through cool coils that pull out excess moisture and condense it into the reservoir.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 6 June 2022
  • This pushes the warmer air up, causing tiny water droplets to condense and form clouds.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Fire season has lengthened and the wet season has condensed with the prolonged drought.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
  • But starting in March 2021, the schedule will be condensed to two weekends, though many of the finer details are still up in the air.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2019
  • And she’s now condensed those insights into her new book .
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2023
  • When the helium is used up, the core will condense and our star will shed its outer layers.
    — Brian T. Jacobs, National Geographic, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The interview has been edited and condensed for length.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2019
  • This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
    — Grace McCarty, SELF, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Here is a Vox reader’s question, condensed and edited for clarity.
    — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 15 Dec. 2024

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