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.
  • They might not be thought out, but the shows can help crystallize them.
    Longreads, 22 Jan. 2018
  • In this beat, the show’s essence is crystallized.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But sometimes a poll comes along and crystallizes one of the big ones.
    Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • The fruit is frozen to crystallize into juicy bits, then added to gin.
    Laura Manske, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Once the theme crystallizes for you, the rest is smooth sailing.
    Deb Amlen, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • When things are in court, court seems to be crystallizing things.
    Tara Golshan, Vox, 22 Aug. 2018
  • Those will crystallize in the coming weeks and months.
    The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Over the next few weeks, their biggest needs will crystallize.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
  • But that film rocked me to my core in a way that crystallized my career path in film.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Was there a moment when the idea of going out on your own crystallized?
    Leah Greenblatt, Vulture, 10 July 2023
  • The idea crystallized on one of her early trips back to Ghana.
    Essence, 14 Jan. 2026
  • All of a sudden, songs started to crystallize out of the dark.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2024
  • Is there a moment that, to you, kind of crystallizes who Jack is?
    Brooke Mazurek, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Warm to bring back to liquid form if the honey has crystallized.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
  • And the answers will begin to crystallize in the months ahead.
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 21 July 2017
  • As new alliances crystallize, winners and losers emerge in their wake.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Over the holidays, all of that hard work was crystallized in a moment.
    Cameron Smith, AL.com, 31 Dec. 2017
  • So how did Small Prophets begin to crystallize in your mind?
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The spring tides come in over the seagrass and, when the water retreats, leave salt to crystallize.
    Nick Paumgarten, Bon Appetit, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Shocking events have crystallized the troubles of the people who live there.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Jars of jelly had crystallized.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • All that, of course, and our championship picture crystallizes a lot more.
    Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 4 Oct. 2017
  • 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

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