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a fluid that is thick, sticky, and resistant to flow- He says it is a myth that glass as a very, very viscous fluid.
- No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.Henry Adams
- The mud was thick and viscous; halfway to the tree house, Beth's shoe came off, but she didn't stop.Nicholas Sparks -- The Lucky One
- When he finally removed this from the hearth, it appeared as a viscous ball of molten, glowing glass.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- The moisture of the stones, and the viscous nature of the timber framework furnished but poor supports to which to cling, either for hand or foot.Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- Blood from Blackwell's cut throat was spreading across the floor in a viscous red pool.Cassandra Clare -- City of Bones
- I don't like these shadowy, viscous pictures.Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
- Two hours later Alba felt a warm viscous liquid between her legs and saw that her slacks were stained with red.Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
- But he only saw red, viscous red, as the blood poured down his back in tendrils as it had before.Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King
- Some leaves I seeped in slick and viscous oil, some into sharp-smelling spirit, some into plain, clear water.Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
- Clouds of dark viscous fluid—poison, perhaps—curled from his blue skin.Rick Riordan -- The Blood of Olympus
- They were leaking some viscous substance.Stephen King -- Cujo
- Blood is flowing freely from his nose, black and viscous.Lauren Oliver -- Delirium
- It was blue and viscous but moved quickly, spreading over the man's head, then down around his ears and face.James Dashner -- The Death Cure
- While I pushed the now-viscous blood through her arteries, I watched what he was doing.Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
- A love for these animals wells up in me suddenly, a flash flood, and there it is, solid as an obelisk and viscous as water.Sara Gruen -- Water for Elephants
- His viscous eyes bulged with astonishment and he whipped himself around in alarm to see what was taking place behind him.Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
- I kept stirring until the mix turned viscous and milky.Homer Hickam -- October Sky
- From a carton of cigarettes she could extract enough milligrams of the substance and heat it to make a viscous syrup.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Relatively low melting point compared to iron or nickel but also very viscous and low volatility even in vacuum.John Ringo -- Live Free or Die