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How to use metamorphose in a sentence

14 example sentences · verb

Metamorphose means of a moth or insect, to undergo metamorphosis. Example: “They are social constructions whose meaning and significance metamorphose and wax and wane according to changeable human interest.”

Examples of metamorphose by meaning

verbTo undergo some transformation.

  • They are social constructions whose meaning and significance metamorphose and wax and wane according to changeable human interest.1995, Ian Robottom, Hart Paul, “Behaviorist EE Research: Environmentalism as Individualism”, in The Journal of Environmental Education...
  • The snow may metamorphose into what is called equitemperature, or ET, snow.1995 January, Cullen Murphy, “In Praise of Snow”, in The Atlantic

More sentences with metamorphose

  • The contents of each androsporangium are metamorphosed into a single androspore.2010, N K Soni, Vandana Soni, Fundamentals of Botany, volume 1, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited, →ISBN, page 67. From the entry androsporangium
  • The dominant intruding rocks into the metamorphosed rocks of the Oban massif are granodiorites (Fig. 1).1996, Bart N. Ekwueme, Alfred Kröner, “Emplacement Age of the Uwet Granodiorite and Implications for the Technothermal Evolution of the…. From the entry granodiorite
  • At this Nightshade mutters under his breath and begins to metamorphose.1993 August 25, Robert Johan Enters, “Re: [ADMIN] Re: Newcomer to the Theatre...”, in alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo (Usenet). From the entry cyberize
  • The causes of poor bakeability in weakly and highly metamorphosed coals are different.1991, Solid Fuel Chemistry. From the entry bakeability
  • Host rock near the batholith is locally metamorphosed.2009, Lance Allred, Enchanted Rock: A Natural and Human History, page 56. From the entry host rock
  • But soon to eclipse even his hearty singing and skiffling were the new groups; rhythm and blues bands which were fast metamorphosing into rock'n'roll bands.2010, Derek Ansell, The Little House in Highbury, page 152. From the entry skiffling
  • Some teeter along for a long time even though their base of support seems to have eroded; some metamorphose into something else entirely.1985 December 28, Nora Janeway, “Women's Pentagon Action Meets for the Last Time”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 24, page 12. From the entry teeter
  • Collectionitis strikes in the most unexpected quarters: it has metamorphosed a butcher into an expert on ancient porcelain and a cab driver into an Orientalist.1960, Harper's Magazine, volume 220. From the entry collectionitis
  • For the immaculate gentleman her cries had lured to what was to have been his death had been suddenly metamorphosed into a demon of revenge.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 28. From the entry Hercules
  • The eggs hatch after 10-20 days into toadpoles, which are black and gregarious; they then metamorphose and leave the pond when only just over 1cm long.2018 July 5, Adrian Thomas, “Gardening for Reptiles and Amphibians”, in RSPB Gardening for Wildlife: New edition, 2, illustrated edition…. From the entry toadpole
  • Bothids are left-eyed flounders, that is, both eyes are found on the left side of the adults after metamorphosing from the more traditional one-eye-per-side mode as post-larvae.1994, G. H. Burgess, S. H. Smith, E. D. Lane, “11: Fishes of the Cayman Islands”, in M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies, editors, The Cayman…. From the entry bothid
  • Sedimentary rocks may weather to produce more sedimentary rocks; they may be metamorphosed to produce metamorphic rocks; or they may be transformed to magma by palingenesis.1949, Caleb Wroe Wolfe, This Earth of Ours: Past and Present, Revere, Mass.: Earth Science Pub. Co., published 1950, →OCLC, page 58. From the entry palingenesis

Meaning of metamorphose

  1. verb Of a moth or insect, to undergo metamorphosis.
  2. verb To undergo some transformation.
  3. verb To transform (something) so that it has a completely different appearance.

Full definition of metamorphose

Questions about metamorphose in a sentence

How do you use metamorphose in a sentence?
Metamorphose is used as a verb. For example: “They are social constructions whose meaning and significance metamorphose and wax and wane according to changeable human interest.”
What is a short sentence with metamorphose?
“Host rock near the batholith is locally metamorphosed.”
What does metamorphose mean?
Metamorphose means of a moth or insect, to undergo metamorphosis.

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