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 -
On It column looks at self-help through the prism of deities.
— BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2021 -
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 -
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 -
Predictably, each side saw dirtiness in the play through its own prism.
— Tim Reynolds, ajc, 9 Nov. 2021 -
Strayhorne views the world through the prism of his 2 ½-year-old daughter, Aunzali.
— Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2023 -
Among his works is the 30-foot acrylic prism in the Federal Courthouse downtown.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023 -
But Europeans do not view China’s rise through the same prism as the United States.
— Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2023 -
That may have made sense when when health threats like a pandemic were viewed through a defense prism.
— CBS News, 3 Mar. 2021 -
Upright collar shirt in light gray pinstripe and prism earrings, from the third edit.
— Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2024 -
But Trump sees politics through the prism of power and loyalty, not ideology.
— Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
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