How to Use metamorphosis in a Sentence
metamorphosis
noun- We have watched her metamorphosis from a shy schoolgirl into a self-confident businesswoman.
- The class learned about how caterpillars undergo metamorphosis to become butterflies.
- The government has undergone political metamorphosis since his election.
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The sight made her think about the process of metamorphosis.
— Aaron Carnes, sacbee, 10 May 2018 -
Like the club, the Monarch Project has made its own metamorphosis.
— Jessica Siles, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2021 -
The metamorphosis brought by the burst of the monsoon is profound.
— The Economist, 27 June 2019 -
Take a look back at the square's metamorphosis in this gallery.
— Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2021 -
To touch a face that is not face but avatar, shield, metamorphosis.
— Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018 -
The industry was at the tail end of a lengthy metamorphosis.
— Russell Gold, WSJ, 22 June 2019 -
Of all the changes in my South, perhaps the hardest to fit inside my head is the metamorphosis of the pickup truck.
— Southern Living, 1 May 2017 -
This time, there was a new force urging on the metamorphosis.
— Phred Dvorak, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2020 -
Of all the changes in my South, perhaps the hardest to fit inside my head is the metamorphosis of the pickup truck.
— Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2016 -
The sculpture is too long for a viewer to take in its slow metamorphosis all at once.
— Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018 -
The album is about my metamorphosis as a human and an artist.
— Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2020 -
Truman and his team have now learned how much metamorphosis reshuffles parts of the brain.
— Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 26 July 2023 -
Thus did climatic change set in motion the first of the South’s series of metamorphoses.
— Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 26 June 2023 -
What many of the artists share with Clark is an interest in metamorphosis.
— Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024 -
The results in Iowa, long a swing state, reflect the metamorphosis of both parties.
— Janet Hook, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2018 -
Ninety years is a long time to be in a place and to have seen its bloody and at times glorious metamorphosis.
— Danté Stewart, TIME, 19 July 2024 -
Oudolf picked up on this point, saying that the metamorphosis here is all the starker for its setting.
— Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2019 -
But the metamorphosis of her physical self changed the way the world related to her.
— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2021 -
For others, shedding the space where a life fell apart felt like a metamorphosis.
— Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024 -
And to hear some of his teammates tell it on Saturday, the metamorphosis began with a trip to the barber.
— Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Dec. 2023 -
Meanwhile, across the lagoon, the metamorphosis from jungle to garden still has a long way to go.
— Jay Cheshes, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2022 -
After three weeks of metamorphosis, the moths were about to mate and lay eggs — a stage of the life cycle that coincided with the end of school.
— Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2019 -
The new regime deserves time to see if this metamorphosis will result in a big payoff.
— Star Tribune, 21 Dec. 2020 -
The tale of Castle Park’s girls lacrosse metamorphosis is told in layers.
— Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2024 -
Many Arab-Americans who, like me, were born and raised in the United States also went through the same metamorphosis.
— Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 6 Sep. 2021 -
Though little more is revealed of Two-Face, Phillips says the audience is meant to view the moment as Dent's metamorphosis into the character.
— EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024 -
Leaves generally begin their color metamorphosis in mid-September and reach peak vibrancy in early to mid-October.
— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024
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