distilled
Example Sentences
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The Oxford Companion to Art, an old owl distilled in its praise, calls the English artist Thomas Gainsborough “an independent and original genius.”
“So much of our creativity in this town is distilled into capitalistic value,” Bhabha says.
From Los Angeles Times
But beyond the basic genius of it and Pelosi’s masterful performance, what made her protest so effective was that it was distilled and digestible for the audience at home.
From Salon
The animals received oral doses of flavanols at 25 mg/kg or 50 mg/kg of body weight, while a control group was given distilled water.
From Science Daily
It smelled like a concentration of growing things, green and earthy— like life distilled.
From Literature
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