metamorphose

Near the summit they metamorphose into stone tree branches, interweaving like a forest canopy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

As in, they'll be so desperate to keep the series alive in Melbourne on Saturday they'll metamorphose into a team of belligerence and belief - a band of brothers who will blow the Lions away.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2025

Previous studies had found that smooth muscle cells metamorphose into different types of cells inside these atherosclerotic plaques and multiply to make up most cells within the plaques.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024

The axolotl is one of four central Mexico species that rarely, if ever, metamorphose in the wild.

From Science Magazine ● May 8, 2023

She will metamorphose into a wife or consort and raise faerie children who will adore and outlive her.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

"Just like butterflies, corals also undergo different metamorphoses and stages."

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025

Notably, music emerges as the most honest vehicle for them to bond over, and as the cinematic element that most closely parallels Freddie’s metamorphoses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

Ms. Cheney’s journey is one of the most remarkable metamorphoses of the Trump era.

From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

Phelps was thoroughly scientific about education — her botany text explains inflorescence, the classification of trillium, and the theory of metamorphoses of the organs of plants — but nature also inspired her.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2021

All in all, she created sixty life-size scenes, depicting ninety new insect metamorphoses and fifty-three species of plants.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

Witkoff is part of a small cadre of Trump administration offspring who, since their fathers moved to Washington, have metamorphosed into wealthy financial celebrities in their own right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

Had Butland metamorphosed into Usain Bolt in that moment he still wouldn't have made it.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025

"These metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that have melted and produced granites that concentrate uranium and thorium are like black box flight recorders that record pressure and temperature," Smye said.

From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024

The surface of Venus, meanwhile, is hot enough to melt lead—hot enough that McSween thinks most of its surface rock should have metamorphosed.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023

The imp instantly metamorphosed into a plump fairy with coppery wings.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

"In the last 30 years my ideas around loss have been in a continuous state of metamorphosing," she writes.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2024

Dhoot's ambition of metamorphosing into an oil and gas giant didn't materialise either.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022

Learn about the world of metamorphosing insects from the entomologist Jessica Ware, a curator of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2021

Peterson’s production — duskily lighted by Peter Maradudin on a quickly metamorphosing set by Myung Hee Cho and featuring a coordinated ensemble that grasps the feeling underlying the drama — has a discreet efficiency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2019

We can never let up; we scramble our way through one civilization after another, metamorphosing, sprouting tools and cities everywhere, and all the time new words keep tumbling out.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas