How to Use distillation in a Sentence

distillation

noun

• During the distillation, a piece of meat is hung at the top of the still.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
• The use of copper in the distillation process is unique to Elyx.
  — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2017
• At the end of six hours, there would be a four-word line of dialogue that was the distillation of all of that.
  — Meredith Woerner, latimes.com, 14 Apr. 2017
• And that to me is like the perfect distillation of our lives and during covid.
  — Washington Post, 11 May 2021
• When asked if this is the purest distillation of the band’s sound, Hemmings agrees, albeit with a caveat.
  — Mike Wass, Variety, 22 Sep. 2022
• All of the work — from distillation to packing — to this day is still done by the family.
  — Chanslor Gallenstein, National Review, 27 Feb. 2021
• According to the brand, the Wagyu was wrapped in twine and suspended in the clay pots to cook for 14 hours during the first part of the distillation process.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2024
• As such, this is one of the few mezcals that uses wild agaves in its distillation.
  — Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
• The words unfurl like a ticker-tape distillation of what’s new in the mainstream.
  — Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023
• In the simplest terms, dunder refers to what’s left in the still after distillation.
  — al, 24 May 2020
• My palate is my strength and post distillation has been my focus over the last seven years.
  — Fred Minnick, Forbes, 5 July 2022
• My last book would be a book of books: a distillation of precious imagery.
  — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 4 May 2018
• Derived from the steam distillation of the wood, the oil is used sparingly in some recipes for some unique flavor.
  — Kat Odell, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2023
• The Fight Club in Ong Bak scene is an almost perfect distillation of the form itself.
  — Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
• Billy Madison was the first of these movies and its purest distillation.
  — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024
• In this case, that was done for me initially by Andrew Davies as the distillation of the novel.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
• According to a rep for the brand, stone ovens are used to cook some of the agave as well, and distillation takes place in copper pot and column stills.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2023
• Fenten, the founder of Hilton Head Distillery, wondered if there was some way to capture it and use it in the distillation process.
  — Christopher Osburn, Esquire, 23 Jan. 2018
• The Premier League is a distillation of the most elite collection of talent in sports.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 16 Feb. 2023
• The result feels like a distillation of everything that has made the 1975 one of the most influential bands of the past decade.
  — Vulture, 14 Oct. 2022
• One of the clearest distillations of this approach is also one of the most famous.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2020
• And so the feed is the purest distillation of what Musk’s platform wishes to accomplish.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
• The new album is even tighter and more focused, a neater distillation of Royal Blood.
  — Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
• After talking to pollsters for the last year, here’s my best distillation of tips for reading the polls.
  — Christian Paz, Vox, 10 Sep. 2024
• The gin was sweetened, usually to hide off-tastes from the distillation.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• Like much of Beethoven’s late work, this sonata sounds like a distillation of all the things that obsessed and fascinated him.
  — Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 22 Apr. 2017
• The liquid that trickles out of the other end of the still after the final distillation is mezcal.
  — Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2022
• The reference to 1952 is the cask number, not its distillation date.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• As a refresher, that term means the whiskey is at least four years old, exactly 100 proof, and the product of one distillery and one distillation season.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024
• Its roots trace back to the 16th century when Dutch traders began the process of distillation to preserve local wines for transportation.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Jan 2025