transfigure

I remember the quietness of that afternoon and my fascination with the images on the report, which seemed to transfigure the space around me.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2023

Two of the participants transfigure their own work.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023

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

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2022

These are process-driven stories that actively engage, and transfigure, the moment that spawns them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 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

It gets to the very essence of movie-going and transfigures the concept.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2016

She almost transfigures that old scoundrel of a father of hers.

From The Quality of Mercy by William Dean Howells

Her summer is transfigured by their innocent trysts: “There was the still water of a lake. There were a garden’s scents and its delicious twilight air.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 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

Migrating from music to acting, a handful of talents such as Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and Dwight Yoakam have transfigured their medium from melody to melodrama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024

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

He seemed almost to be transfigured by the excitement of his thoughts.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

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

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

John Doyle’s transfiguring Broadway revival of “The Color Purple,” a musical I foolishly gave up on, taught me never to underestimate the power of a director to reveal overlooked brilliance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2018

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

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann