Example Sentences

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Alchemists explained blood’s benefits in terms of the classical elements.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

Alchemists, even when they were mucking about with pub waste, saw their work as a way to improve upon the natural world.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2018

As with the New Alchemists, this stream flowed into contemporary ecodesign.

From Nature • May 31, 2016

Alchemists discovered and rediscovered many facts but did not make them broadly available.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

“But if you head to the University you’ll do better. Artificers have a great love for lodenstone. Alchemists too. If you find one in the right mood you’ll get more.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss