sublimate

Example Sentences

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It almost feels like some kind of test, where you are forced to sublimate your wishes and, perhaps, your self respect.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

“You have to sublimate your own ego to some extent.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2023

Rama says in a class she is teaching that the power of narrative is to sublimate reality.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2023

The other anagram of “Tár” is, of course, “ART,” and as real-life art monsters disappear from view, “Tár” offers up a work into which we can sublimate our own Schadenfreude and sympathy for abusers.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2022

Of the various modern artificial means of preserving bodies, impregnation with corrosive sublimate appears to be one of the most effective, next to immersion in spirits.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various