sublimate

Example Sentences

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It almost feels like some kind of test, where you are forced to sublimate your wishes and, perhaps, your self respect.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

“You have to sublimate your own ego to some extent.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2023

Halloween may be over, but if you ask me carving a gourd still seems like a good way to sublimate creeping dread.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2022

So they decided to sublimate the chaos of the invasion, inscribing their new fears and hopes on pre-existing works by 17 artists.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022

The holy ashes were found to contain corrosive sublimate, and the magician got eighteen months’ rigorous imprisonment.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar