dematerialize

Example Sentences

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“I could see them almost walking through the whole place and disappearing beyond that door, just dematerializing into something else.”

From New York Times

Yukhnovich, who declined to be interviewed for this article, has a distinctive painting style that dematerializes figure-cluttered subjects by old masters into swirling flecks of color.

From New York Times

Didion spent her later years in New York, but she was most strongly identified with her native state of California, “a hologram that dematerializes as I drive through it.”

From Washington Times

The only thing more devastating than the abrupt disappearance of one parent is watching another dematerialize in slow-motion.

From Washington Post

He talks about the meditative appeal of throwing clay, and about the particular pleasure, for someone who works in the increasingly dematerialized “content” industry, of a creative endeavor oriented around tactile artifacts.

From New York Times