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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King, whose own kids play hockey in California, said the game is going through a metamorphosis.
— Evan F. Moore, Chicago Reader, 11 Apr. 2018 -
But the inspiration for Kratos’ metamorphosis came from a source more complex than any work of fiction: real life.
— Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 19 Mar. 2018 -
In the absence of any kind of character development, any metamorphosis, the guns are just guns with an extra helping of fan service.
— Ciara Wardlow, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2018 -
Think of it as an ensemble approach to personhood: Simien is showing how the self comes in and out of being, and why this metamorphosis is not always the same.
— Jason Parham, WIRED, 4 May 2018 -
His metamorphosis from tracksuit to pinstripe, as it's eloquently put in one documentary, was complete.
— SI.com, 23 Mar. 2018 -
Scientists thought the story stopped there, as this metamorphosis was thought to render the carbon inaccessible to bacteria and other bugs that could use it as food.
— Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 12 Apr. 2018 -
Later this month, her metamorphosis into wellness guru will become complete when her new brand debuts on QVC.
— Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 10 Apr. 2018 -
To travel westward across the U.S. is to experience a striking landscape metamorphosis.
— Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 27 Apr. 2018 -
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 -
The origins of Vance’s metamorphosis has been a source of endless media speculation.
— Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 15 July 2024 -
Hughes’ escape from Manson’s shadow — his metamorphosis from a pawn to a real defense attorney — became clear on Nov. 20, as the trial neared its end.
— Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
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