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And so Baca began to transfigure his firsthand accounts from 25 years of institutionalization, six of them in federal prison, into the lyrical fabric of the film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

They appear as ready to transfigure as Furey is to switch artistic mode.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023

Stately, mellow, warm, it sings with contentment, backed with a faith strong enough that when troubles darken the scene, you can practically hear Walter transfigure them with an understanding smile.

From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

These phenomena transfigure copyrights, patents, and trademarks into subjects of everyday importance.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2022

It kept crackling and sparking at odd moments, and every time Ron tried to transfigure his beetle it engulfed him in thick gray smoke that smelled of rotten eggs.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

Art transfigures life but, for every great work of art, there are casualties.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

By channeling himself into the role, he transfigures a stereotype.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

All great art is consoling because it transfigures our ordinary feelings into something bigger.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2016

The show, which is having its world premiere here at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, boldly transfigures the whimsical charms of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's movie into sparkling musical comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2015

Divine peace glows on all the majestic landscape like the silent enthusiastic joy that sometimes transfigures a noble human face.

From My First Summer in the Sierra by Muir, John

In imagining her disturbed perceptions, the novel shows the old dog’s circumscribed world transfigured by long forgotten yearnings and powerfully altered understandings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The martyred Monica has literally been transfigured into a saint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

His inauguration was a ritual of devotion, an arena where the less powerful — which means practically everybody — was transfigured by his presence.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2025

The following year, he changed his own name to Akhenaten, meaning “the transfigured spirit of the solar orb,” and moved himself and his entire family to the new city.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

He appeared to have transfigured himself— but badly.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

The result was, if not a religious experience, then a spiritually transfiguring one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025

Still, the speed at which generative AI appears to be capable of transfiguring workplaces — seemingly overnight — is dizzying, especially relative to prior technological breakthroughs.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

I have no transfiguring powers and nothing yet to mourn.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022

Born in Antigua, Kincaid invents aesthetics which are wholly unique, transfiguring human form and surroundings, in particular, the Caribbean landscapes.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2019

As artists will, they stole everything they could, transfiguring the images further.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann