How to Use crystallize in a Sentence

crystallize

verb
Definition of crystallizenext
Synonyms for crystallizenext
  • He tried to crystallize his thoughts.
  • Her theory crystallizes in the final paragraph of the essay.
  • Eventually the paint will start to crystallize.
  • The final paragraph of the essay crystallizes her theory.
  • Certain conditions can cause carbon to crystallize into diamonds.
  • Certain conditions can crystallize carbon into diamonds.
  • They might not be thought out, but the shows can help crystallize them.
    — Longreads, 22 Jan. 2018
  • But sometimes a poll comes along and crystallizes one of the big ones.
    — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • And the answers will begin to crystallize in the months ahead.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 21 July 2017
  • That could crystallize, too, when he was caught in a lie.
    — Alexander Huls, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2019
  • And when Trump came on the scene, all that sort of became crystallized.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The radio didn’t help, as the scope and scale of the carnage in Texas began to crystallize.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
  • The fruit is frozen to crystallize into juicy bits, then added to gin.
    — Laura Manske, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Is there a moment that, to you, kind of crystallizes who Jack is?
    — Brooke Mazurek, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2018
  • All of a sudden, songs started to crystallize out of the dark.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024
  • B Corp is a tool to crystallize even more of them in more concrete ways.
    — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The spring tides come in over the seagrass and, when the water retreats, leave salt to crystallize.
    — Nick Paumgarten, Bon Appetit, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Was there a moment when the idea of going out on your own crystallized?
    — Leah Greenblatt, Vulture, 10 July 2023
  • The time, as Quinn sees it, is now, and last year’s hiccups only crystallized that for him.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 22 July 2019
  • When things are in court, court seems to be crystallizing things.
    — Tara Golshan, Vox, 22 Aug. 2018
  • Over the next few weeks, their biggest needs will crystallize.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
  • At the halfway point of the Big Ten schedule, things have started to crystallize.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Next, use half the chopped crystallized ginger to sprinkle over the logs; roll them back and forth to press in and coat evenly.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 12 Dec. 2017
  • When did the idea of making these killings into the center of your work crystallize?
    — Claudia Dreifus, The New York Review of Books, 24 Aug. 2020
  • In recent days, Butler’s desire to make his way to the Phoenix Suns has been crystallized all around the league.
    — Sam Amick, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The idea crystallized with the story of the injured soldier, but that was neither the beginning nor the end for the coach.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 2 July 2018
  • The dismal failure of the Clinton health-care plan in the summer of 1994 helped crystallize support for the GOP.
    — Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
  • This summer isn’t over yet (phew!) but the season’s It items have more or less crystallized.
    — Emily Farra, Vogue, 26 July 2019
  • In this one crystallizing moment, the woman’s yearning, desire that has been discreetly waiting in the background, rushes into view.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Anthony Davis said the team’s potential was crystallizing.
    — Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025

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