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transfigure

[trans-fig-yer, -fig-er] / trænsˈfɪg jər, -ˈfɪg ər /


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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

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

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2022

“In her awful silence flickers a light that transfigures her vision: That light is hope.”

From New York Times Dec. 27, 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

And he has something more—the spiritual fact which dominates his being and transfigures and transforms him.

From With our Fighting Men The story of their faith, courage, endurance in the Great War by William Edward Sellers

Her summer is transfigured by their innocent trysts: “There was the still water of a lake. There were a garden’s scents and its delicious twilight air.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 9, 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

At the instant the lunar disk slips entirely over the solar disk, the sun is abruptly transfigured into a foreign object.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2024

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

Richard saw fear etched so deeply onto his face that it collapsed his cheeks and transfigured him into a mask that looked nothing like him.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

Fellman’s playful but deliberate approach to form, his deft way of presenting his own canon and then transfiguring it on the page, would feel familiar to them.

From New York Times Feb. 11, 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

In the meantime, Coon has a dauntless mother to honor in a play that never loses sight of the love transfiguring her character’s difficult life.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2017

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

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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