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

With the Los Angeles artists they discussed other frontiers — migrations, mystical metamorphoses, the limits of the human condition.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 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

Fellow “garden-lovers” and even some distinguished natural philosophers welcomed the work of this “ingenious woman,” for many of these metamorphoses had never been observed before.

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

The musicians metamorphosed into their final form: Adopting the name Black Sabbath, after a low-budget Boris Karloff film of the same name, they started writing lyrics that dabbled in death, black magic and mental illness.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025

And this man once seen as a performative figure — a political sideshow — has metamorphosed into a towering and singular figure in America whose significance goes far beyond politics.

From Salon ● May 18, 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 imp instantly metamorphosed into a plump fairy with coppery wings.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

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

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022

The trick to controlling sea lampreys is preventing them from metamorphosing and moving beyond the streams, Gaden said.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2022

That pitch had traveled its own Kafkaesque journey, metamorphosing as it went.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2020

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