alchemist

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The Nuton name plays on Isaac Newton, the alchemist, as well as the hunt for “a new ton” of copper, which had become elusive via deal or discovery, Burley said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

A self-proclaimed alchemist, Williams specializes in transforming wet soil into hardened sculptures that typically live outdoors, where the wind carries seedlings that may attach to the artist’s creations and bloom.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

"We're essentially transforming materials into something else, perhaps approaching the dream of the alchemist!."

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024

Back in the album chart, hip-hop alchemist Travis Scott holds steady at number two with his sprawling fourth album, Utopia.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023

Both Goethe’s play and Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus of 1604 seem to have drawn inspiration from an actual alchemist, Johann Georg Faust, who lived in early-sixteenth-century Germany.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall