sublimate

Example Sentences

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But the sibling competition, however sublimated, was real.

From The Wall Street Journal

Gas from the sunbathed, sublimating ice also puffs intermingled dust away from the surface to form a distinctive, comet-trailing tail.

From Scientific American

At the same time, though, the March of the Priests, as conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, had real tenderness — gesturing at some sublimated feeling that they retained but couldn’t quite channel.

From New York Times

This refusenik sensibility is threaded through the entire series, and any attempt by the characters to sublimate themselves to social norms fizzled quickly and often in grand fashion.

From New York Times

Feelings are sublimated, details are discussed only in euphemism.

From Washington Post