How to Use amalgam in a Sentence

amalgam

noun

• Instead, Miss Night and Day feels less an amalgam of genres than a snapshot of our own complexities which, like genre, aren’t so easily categorized.
  — Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
• The band is an amalgam of the Fab Four and Micky’s band.
  — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 July 2017
• The first-year Wolves are an amalgam of Glen Este and Amelia.
  — John Snodgrass, Cincinnati.com, 23 Aug. 2017
• The 750-year-old church across the road is an amalgam of stone, brick, and timber.
  — Sigrid MacRae, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
• An amalgam of brains and brawn, the little discs turned the punk world on its head.
  — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 18 June 2017
• The scents, an amalgam of grass, hot dogs, and sunshine.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021
• Gold in the ore binds with the mercury to produce an amalgam of the metals.
  — Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2019
• The dozen skein paintings present disheveled amalgams of hues and weaves.
  — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 5 Jan. 2018
• Tyler, at times, sounds like an amalgam of those two older gents.
  — M.t. Richards, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
• From the parade to the nightlife burlesque shows to Pop Art Alley, it’s an amalgam of fun for fans of all kinds.
  — Hunter Boyce, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022
• Scardino says the show is an amalgam of her own fandoms.
  — Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
• The video had an amalgam of Taylor's past selves that split the internet.
  — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 28 Aug. 2017
• Those scenes in the film are based on fact, although Mr. Heron is an amalgam of real-life agents.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• But Neeham adds that his role is more than just an amalgam.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2022
• The décor will be an amalgam of retro and contemporary touches, and the menu will strive to do the same.
  — James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 3 Aug. 2017
• All of us seem to be suffering from this strange amalgam of malaise and mania.
  — Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2020
• It’s such a perfect amalgam of talents both in front of and behind the camera.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
• This involves removing the bulk of the tooth and then filling what’s left with amalgam.
  — David Cox /, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2018
• Its menu was an amalgam of French and Southern flavors served in a cozy dining room.
  — Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
• Counter stools from Baker add to the amalgam of metals while also bringing in the texture and warmth of leather.
  — Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2022
• About a third of them are in Pluto-like orbits, and all of them appear to be, like Pluto, amalgams of ice and rock.
  — David H. Freedman, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 1998
• Indiana Jones is an amalgam of Hollywood archetypes, the essence of a big-screen hero boiled down and maybe left on the stove too long.
  — Alex Galbraith, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2022
• Spicy ginger tea is an amalgam of a few of my favorite cold remedies.
  — Bon Appétit, 5 Jan. 2022
• Released last week, Crucible is an amalgam of great things.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 27 May 2020
• Against an amalgam of bullpen arms, the Giants didn’t go quietly.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
• Part crew neck sweatshirt, part sweater, part T-shirt, Wood's garment is an amalgam of all the best parts of those classic menswear pieces.
  — Liza Corsillo, GQ, 6 Oct. 2017
• Even with that wealth of clues, Bonetti remains an enigma, an amalgam of evasions and lies and spin.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• Façades and floor tiles were 3-D printed using a durable amalgam of sand and seawater.
  — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2022
• This isn’t my father, per se, but an amalgam of 1960s Suburban Dads.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 July 2022
• And Patterson is correct: the story is told with a singular voice that is a compelling amalgam of the two writers.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024