distilled

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

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

It’s the best part of an Italian beef, distilled and democratized.

From Salon

It distilled his concept for the museum of “frozen explosion,” rupturing the idea that architecture and artifact should be distinct.

From Los Angeles Times

Carew's popular brands range from the golden-hued "Imperial Whisky" to "Tsarina Vodka", distilled from sugarcane with flavourings imported from the Netherlands.

From Barron's