How to Use distillation in a Sentence

distillation

noun
  • The use of copper in the distillation process is unique to Elyx.
    Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2017
  • The book sizzles in its distillations, is coolly askew in its dark spirals.
    Jason Parham, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024
  • What to expect: Small bites and distinctive distillations.
    Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
  • HUD has emerged as the perfect distillation of the right’s antipathy to governing.
    Alec MacGillis, Daily Intelligencer, 22 Aug. 2017
  • The liquid must be distilled twice, and its distillation season lasts from October 1 through March 31.
    Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Everything from the secrets of blending bourbons to bootlegging to the future of distillation will be discussed at workshops that are free to attend but have limited space.
    Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2017
  • At La Sotoleria, Marin houses cured blends whose tastes range from sweet like liqueur to smooth, high-percentage distillations with no after-bite.
    Nathaniel Janowitz, Esquire, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Producing liquors in smaller batch sizes allows for more control over the ingredient’s quality, the fermentation process, and the distillation.
    Liza Myers, Bon Appetit, 14 Sep. 2017
  • During the distillation, a piece of meat is hung at the top of the still.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • And that to me is like the perfect distillation of our lives and during covid.
    Washington Post, 11 May 2021
  • When asked if this is the purest distillation of the band’s sound, Hemmings agrees, albeit with a caveat.
    Mike Wass, Variety, 22 Sep. 2022
  • All of the work — from distillation to packing — to this day is still done by the family.
    Chanslor Gallenstein, National Review, 27 Feb. 2021
  • According to the brand, the Wagyu was wrapped in twine and suspended in the clay pots to cook for 14 hours during the first part of the distillation process.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2024
  • As such, this is one of the few mezcals that uses wild agaves in its distillation.
    Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The words unfurl like a ticker-tape distillation of what’s new in the mainstream.
    Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In the simplest terms, dunder refers to what’s left in the still after distillation.
    al, 24 May 2020
  • My palate is my strength and post distillation has been my focus over the last seven years.
    Fred Minnick, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • My last book would be a book of books: a distillation of precious imagery.
    Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 4 May 2018
  • Derived from the steam distillation of the wood, the oil is used sparingly in some recipes for some unique flavor.
    Kat Odell, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The Fight Club in Ong Bak scene is an almost perfect distillation of the form itself.
    Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Billy Madison was the first of these movies and its purest distillation.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024
  • In this case, that was done for me initially by Andrew Davies as the distillation of the novel.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
  • According to a rep for the brand, stone ovens are used to cook some of the agave as well, and distillation takes place in copper pot and column stills.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Fenten, the founder of Hilton Head Distillery, wondered if there was some way to capture it and use it in the distillation process.
    Christopher Osburn, Esquire, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The Premier League is a distillation of the most elite collection of talent in sports.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The result feels like a distillation of everything that has made the 1975 one of the most influential bands of the past decade.
    Vulture, 14 Oct. 2022
  • One of the clearest distillations of this approach is also one of the most famous.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2020
  • The new album is even tighter and more focused, a neater distillation of Royal Blood.
    Mark Kennedy, Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
  • After talking to pollsters for the last year, here’s my best distillation of tips for reading the polls.
    Christian Paz, Vox, 10 Sep. 2024
  • After a more than century-long prohibition, the two entrepreneurs wanted to bring whiskey distillation back to Chattanooga, Tennessee.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

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