transmute
Example Sentences
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The rosary presupposes our boredom, propensity to distraction, and impatience with dull routine and attempts to transmute these failings into the virtues of faith, hope and charity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Astrologers consult a national zodiac, palm readers ring pagodas, would-be alchemists attempt to transmute mercury into gold and SIM card companies advertise dial-a-diviners.
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
"What causes something to be insulating, conducting or magnetic? Can we transmute something into a different state?"
From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025
According to Israel's Basic Law, the president "has the power to pardon criminals and reduce or transmute their sentence".
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025
There’s no need to wave a magic wand over the noun soap and transmute it into an adjective just because of what it’s doing in this phrase.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing transmute
American Gods
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The Left Hand of Darkness
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