How to Use prism in a Sentence

prism

noun
  • And the ice cubes are a very nifty trapezoidal prism shape.
    Zach Epstein, BGR, 28 Aug. 2021
  • But there will be a point at which he will be viewed through the prism of the team’s record.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The prism that is forever linked to Dark Side of the Moon?
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2023
  • What’s the best prism through which to view these numbers?
    Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 13 Dec. 2019
  • On It column looks at self-help through the prism of deities.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2021
  • This is the prism through which the team's performance should be viewed.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2020
  • In recent times, the forces that have fueled the broad U.S. stock market can be seen through the prism of the Dow.
    Peter Santilli, WSJ, 26 May 2021
  • Viewing it through an 11-game prism won’t cut it for him.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2022
  • It’s the life of Saudi Arabia through the prism of the lead character.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 Apr. 2022
  • And celebrity is the prism through which most of the viewing public is seeing the … well, star of the show.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The Browns view the Bengals game from a different prism.
    cleveland, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The light might reach the camera via optical fibers or a prism.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 30 June 2021
  • Overseas most Sikhs view the protests through the prism of livelihood, not statehood.
    Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • No such approval was granted for either the prism or the tablet.
    David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Through this prism, so many of the surrounding events started to make sense to them.
    Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022
  • My goal with this book was to tell a life story through the prism of stuttering.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
  • So everything in the sport is through that prism, to an extent.
    Sam Blum, Dallas News, 13 Nov. 2020
  • And second, the Dolphins built the present roster looking at the team from the prism of a two-year window.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
  • Viewed through the prism of turnout, the people who didn’t vote in the last election are deciding this one.
    David Yanofsky, Quartz, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Mandela’s prism on the world was a small window with six bars but little to see.
    Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2020
  • In the afternoon light, the stairwell becomes a prism and rainbows fill the space.
    New York Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • View this in the prism of which quarterback does the most to help his team win as both teams chase playoff berths.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2022
  • All the sounds of trip hop seemed to be squeezed through its peculiar Bristol prism.
    Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 19 Feb. 2021
  • That’s a camera bent at 90 degrees inside the phone, using a prism and a longer lens to move the light to the sensor.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 14 July 2022
  • That trouble reflects long-term trends as seen through the prism of the pandemic.
    Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Such is the prism through which the U.S. immigration crisis of 2021 should be viewed.
    Josh Jones, National Review, 11 July 2021
  • Instead, they are viewed through the prisms of what earned them a pink slip at their previous NFL stops.
    Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Predictably, each side saw dirtiness in the play through its own prism.
    Tim Reynolds, ajc, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Viewed through the prism of cancer risk, this home-style favorite raises multiple red flags.
    Matt Fuchs, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Few recognize or understand the role of Iran and its partners in Moscow and Beijing; fewer still see the war through the prism of the jihadi threat to Western values.
    Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024

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