concretize

Example Sentences

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“She wrote these wonderful books of heightened reality and magical worlds where she would concretize metaphor.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023

What distinguished the memories of Sept. 11, when compared with ordinary autobiographical memories, was the extreme confidence that people had developed in their altered remembrances, which by the first anniversary had begun to concretize.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2021

By 1979, the Dead Kennedys frontman, Jello Biafra, ran for mayor as the only progressive alternative to Feinstein, helping the punk concretize San Francisco’s reputation as a progressive political and cultural city.

From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2020

I wonder how you concretize what you’re saying and help folks who are struggling to understand.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2019

It’s also notably graceful in its ability to concretize the abstract and loosen the concrete.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2012