sublimate

Example Sentences

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But the sibling competition, however sublimated, was real.

From The Wall Street Journal

Have I been sublimating my emotions about my time at The Verge into some half-baked philosophy rather than expressing them directly?

From The Verge

That one can mention both in the same breath — that both can be accounted an apotheosis of intolerance — points to a sublimated malaise.

From Salon

“I had to sublimate my feelings,” he said.

From Washington Post

That's what Cawthorne's speech was about: Instructing women to sublimate their "vicious" urges by raising boys who are themselves vicious monsters.

From Salon