How to Use catalyze in a Sentence

catalyze

verb

• The plants can then get at it by catalyzing reactions with ammonia.
  — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 27 May 2018
• For every Georgian who couldn’t vote, there were now new voices who were engaged, catalyzed, and active.
  — Brittany Packnett, The Cut, 23 May 2018
• To put it in the language of chemistry, Schultz, a chemist, is seeking to catalyze an exothermic reaction.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 June 2018
• The Astros responded with seven two-out runs, catalyzed by Yuli Gurriel's first grand slam of the season.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 24 June 2018
• Something catalyzed by a bad experience had grown into a celebration of women’s ideas and feelings.
  — Emma Koenig, The Cut, 23 May 2018
• In music and movies, sports and politics, heroines (and heroes) can catalyze early interests and spark lifelong ambitions.
  — Brian Keating, WIRED, 27 May 2018
• However, Aditya Shah’s work has catalyzed positive change in this iconic metropolis.
  — William Mullane, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
• Those raids by Rohingya insurgents on police and army posts catalyzed the military’s brutal attacks on Rohingya civilians.
  — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 May 2018
• The near-miss catalyzed the state to pay closer attention to the dams.
  — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
• The two killings spurred protests and helped catalyze the Black Lives Matter movement.
  — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2019
• The workplace is one of the most opportune spaces in which to catalyze this change.
  — Garen Staglin, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• The moment proved catalyzing for De Jong, who sold her first work that same year.
  — News Desk, Artforum, 1 July 2024
• In many ways, the merger catalyzed Forward Air’s downhill slump over the past year.
  — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 20 June 2024
• Glenelg was quick to respond catalyzed by its press and Chen’s offense.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
• And that is through having been moved, having been catalyzed to do good, in a moment.
  — Maggie Paxson, Time, 19 Sep. 2019
• But the thing that finally catalyzed the closing of his business was burnout.
  — Eliza Milio, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
• Will Cranston and Paul’s on-screen chemistry catalyze a brand that can thrive in this celebrity universe?
  — Louis Biscotti, Forbes, 6 July 2021
• What sort of crisis might catalyze progress in Congress?
  — Dallas News, 18 July 2022
• All these moving and shining parts could both harvest and catalyze the energy of the people in the streets.
  — Thomas De Monchaux, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2022
• And a global crisis like this one could be a perfect moment to catalyze it.
  — Christopher Keyes, Outside Online, 4 May 2020
• Not far from Peartree Lane, a slow-moving slide continues to shift land in the Portuguese Bend area, first catalyzed in 1946.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• The winter catalyzes the group's acceptance of their new normal.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• That’s been catalyzed by the new class of more effective weight loss drugs that have been recently approved, with more on the way.
  — Alice Park, Time, 30 June 2023
• His comments helped to catalyze a fresh scramble higher for the market.
  — New York Times, 31 Aug. 2021
• There’s no doubt the internet has catalyzed the frenzy around Dunn’s pottery.
  — Courtney Vinopal, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
• The pandemic could even help to catalyze new ways of doing business.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 4 July 2020
• Xavier Banderas catalyzed a four-run first inning avalanche.
  — Sam Dodge, latimes.com, 30 June 2018
• For a time, the downward shift in airfare that Wow catalyzed was joyous—for passengers, at least.
  — Sam Blum, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2019
• The growth of these marketplaces has been catalyzed in no small part by bankruptcies in the crypto sector.
  — WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
• To move between the high passes and among the glacial lakes and verdant glades of the Sierra is to be dumbstruck by the same landscape that catalyzed U.S. conservation.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024