transfigure

To transfigure a human villain into a demonic one, ostensibly the ultimate moral indictment, in practice amounts to a kind of cinematic vindication.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

They appear as ready to transfigure as Furey is to switch artistic mode.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023

These phenomena transfigure copyrights, patents, and trademarks into subjects of everyday importance.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2022

Their sorcery can transfigure people and things, bestow good or bad luck, heal or hurt — or even offer protection from danger.

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021

It kept crackling and sparking at odd moments, and every time Ron tried to transfigure his beetle it engulfed him in thick gray smoke that smelled of rotten eggs.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

By channeling himself into the role, he transfigures a stereotype.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

“In her awful silence flickers a light that transfigures her vision: That light is hope.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022

All great art is consoling because it transfigures our ordinary feelings into something bigger.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2016

The show, which is having its world premiere here at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, boldly transfigures the whimsical charms of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's movie into sparkling musical comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2015

Browning takes this theme, transfigures it by his imagination, and produces what is considered by some the greatest poem of the nineteenth century.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry

In imagining her disturbed perceptions, the novel shows the old dog’s circumscribed world transfigured by long forgotten yearnings and powerfully altered understandings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The martyred Monica has literally been transfigured into a saint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

His inauguration was a ritual of devotion, an arena where the less powerful — which means practically everybody — was transfigured by his presence.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2025

The following year, he changed his own name to Akhenaten, meaning “the transfigured spirit of the solar orb,” and moved himself and his entire family to the new city.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

“It is used to return people who have been transfigured or cursed to their original state.”

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

Still, the speed at which generative AI appears to be capable of transfiguring workplaces — seemingly overnight — is dizzying, especially relative to prior technological breakthroughs.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023

Born in Antigua, Kincaid invents aesthetics which are wholly unique, transfiguring human form and surroundings, in particular, the Caribbean landscapes.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2019

As for “Burning” and “The Rider,” they effortlessly bridged character and environment, transfiguring the natural world itself into a psychological landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2019

Some of the words, coming in widely spaced, suspense-producing phrases, were “soon, I’ll pass by” and “now,” which made the song a hymn to ephemerality, describing the whole occasion while transfiguring it.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2018

As artists will, they stole everything they could, transfiguring the images further.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann