How to Use crystallize in a Sentence

crystallize

verb

• He tried to crystallize his thoughts.
• Her theory crystallizes in the final paragraph of the essay.
• Eventually the paint will start to crystallize.
• The final paragraph of the essay crystallizes her theory.
• Certain conditions can cause carbon to crystallize into diamonds.
• Certain conditions can crystallize carbon into diamonds.
• Next, use half the chopped crystallized ginger to sprinkle over the logs; roll them back and forth to press in and coat evenly.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 12 Dec. 2017
• The once shapeshifting collage of expression has been crystallized into a final form, no longer kinetic.
  — Zane Warman, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2017
• Things fluctuate heavily until the picture starts to crystallize after the season.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• Obsidian is a dark, natural glass, formed when lava cools without crystallizing.
  — OregonLive.com, 22 Oct. 2017
• But the contentious, moon-faced monk crystallized them at a time when excesses and corruption made the Catholic Church susceptible to change.
  — G. Jeffrey MacDonald, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2017
• The liquid inside crystallizes with changes in air pressure, presenting a mesmerizing distraction for the workaholic on your list.
  — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2024
• The words crystallized the importance of the struggle and made tangible King’s campaign of nonviolent protest.
  — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
• Sprinkle them with the remaining granulated sugar and the remaining chopped crystallized ginger.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 12 Dec. 2017
• They might not be thought out, but the shows can help crystallize them.
  — Longreads, 22 Jan. 2018
• But sometimes a poll comes along and crystallizes one of the big ones.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
• That could crystallize, too, when he was caught in a lie.
  — Alexander Huls, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2019
• The radio didn’t help, as the scope and scale of the carnage in Texas began to crystallize.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
• The fruit is frozen to crystallize into juicy bits, then added to gin.
  — Laura Manske, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
• Is there a moment that, to you, kind of crystallizes who Jack is?
  — Brooke Mazurek, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2018
• All of a sudden, songs started to crystallize out of the dark.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024
• B Corp is a tool to crystallize even more of them in more concrete ways.
  — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
• Was there a moment when the idea of going out on your own crystallized?
  — Leah Greenblatt, Vulture, 10 July 2023
• The time, as Quinn sees it, is now, and last year’s hiccups only crystallized that for him.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 22 July 2019
• When things are in court, court seems to be crystallizing things.
  — Tara Golshan, Vox, 22 Aug. 2018
• Over the next few weeks, their biggest needs will crystallize.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
• At the halfway point of the Big Ten schedule, things have started to crystallize.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2020
• When did the idea of making these killings into the center of your work crystallize?
  — Claudia Dreifus, The New York Review of Books, 24 Aug. 2020
• In the end, the infield alignment hardly mattered as the Padres put the ball in the air, got to Webb early and sent the Giants to their second straight shutout loss, 5-0, that only further crystallized the disappointing outcome of their season.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024
• The tattoo moment might have also crystallized the moment when everyone agreed Benjamin Keough needed to find a final resting place outside the home.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024