How to Use transform in a Sentence

transform

verb
  • The old factory has been transformed into an art gallery.
  • A little creativity can transform an ordinary meal into a special event.
  • By the dawn of the Eighties and the end of Lear’s heyday, TV had been transformed.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Solve the puzzle by transforming the words on the tree.
    The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The house was transformed into a cozy tearoom in the 1980s by Martha Campbell.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • His success has transformed not just a team, but the entire league.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • As Venus and Uranus clash, an epiphany transforms your beliefs.
    USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
  • By the time the portrait was finished, the scrap of cloth had transformed on the canvas into a diaphanous dress.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • And in the process of it, I was kind of transformed from being a journalist to being a character in their books.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Blake Lively has transformed into Lily Bloom, red hair and all.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 16 May 2023
  • The animals are named for the Aztec god Xolotl, who was said to transform into a salamander.
    Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Rainy weather — with no break promised by the forecast — had transformed them into pack mules.
    Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Six to seven low-and-slow hours later, your chicken will be transformed.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2023
  • These bars take that flavor and transform it into something much like Rice Krispies treats.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Almost any kind of bread can be transformed into homemade bread crumbs, from squishy white to chewy sourdough and whole wheat to gluten-free.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Yeah, Southside Williamsburg to this day is still not fully transformed.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 May 2023
  • This thickens the hot end, transforming it into a bulbous shape.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In the first phase, Allison and team transformed the bedrooms and living room with new paint and furniture.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • In his years studying this system, Palmer says he’s seen parts of the landscape totally transform.
    Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The old bar has been transformed into a large coffee station to better serve La Crema’s breakfast-and-lunch crowd.
    Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Just as the external world transforms, so does our internal world.
    Mathew Holloway, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The town is hoping to transform the site and surrounding area into an outdoor public space, but for now, cobwebs cling to the bell that used to ring in lunch break at the mill.
    Jabin Botsford, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • And the second is to use those fossils to understand how organisms have adapted and transformed through time.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
  • On the day of the pretend trip, White’s classroom transformed into an airplane, ready to welcome its young passengers.
    Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • After flipping a card to decide his fate, up to six players take turns transforming and bending the poseable foot-high Mr. Bendy with wax sticks.
    Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
  • This is a light and breezy read on how runners up their game and transform the act of running into something else entirely.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 3 Feb. 2023
  • From cool gray to warm terra-cotta, neutral paint colors can transform any space.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2023
  • At the stern, the tender garage is fitted with a transom hatch that can transform into an expansive swim platform.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Over the past 40 years, China has transformed from one of the world’s poorest countries into its second-largest economy.
    Vivian Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Sign up Fox News, with Murdoch and Ailes at the helm, transformed news into a massive engine of confirmation bias.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023

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