rarefy

Example Sentences

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Although these sculptures pay tribute to commercialism, they rarefy it to something austere — or at least as austere as anything with pulsing green lights can be.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2018

Of course it’s serious, and art is serious, but I’m not going to rarefy it.”

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2011

It contains moist air and a movable diaphragm or piston to rarefy it suddenly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Isn’t it a pity Edison can’t invent a machine to rarefy an overdone steak?”

From Paste Jewels by Bangs, John Kendrick

The markings, always spots and specks, the largest never exceeding 0·1 inch in diameter, are invariably most numerous towards the large end, where they are sometimes, though rarefy, slightly confluent.

From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian