distill

Example Sentences

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The animals received oral doses of flavanols at 25 mg/kg or 50 mg/kg of body weight, while a control group was given distilled water.

From Science Daily

It smelled like a concentration of growing things, green and earthy— like life distilled.

From Literature

The Browns had a hand in everything from ironmaking and rum distilling to whaling and the slave trade.

From Barron's

“One, it’s a great way to distill everything that’s happening in the world, because the ribeye doesn’t lie,” said Lewis.

From MarketWatch

Prime Minister Mark Carney's new approach to Canada's foreign policy can perhaps be distilled in one line: "We take the world as it is, not as we wish it to be."

From BBC