VISCOUS in a Sentence

Learn VISCOUS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for VISCOUS, such as:
1. Melted tar is a viscous substance.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of VISCOUS
viscous
 a.  sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
Classic Sentence:
1  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.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV—HE ALSO BEARS HIS CROSS
Example Sentence:
1  Melted tar is a viscous substance.
2  Ever present, they absorb the viscous lava of contempo culture through their pores, let it course through their veins ‘til a diffuse plexus of melodies and rhythms form, and then release the bubbly potion onto an unsuspecting audience.