How to Use crystalline in a Sentence

crystalline

adjective
Definition of crystallinenext
Synonyms for crystallinenext
  • Think of how the crystalline world of the window frame changes over time.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2017
  • The sky was cloudless, the water a crystalline turquoise.
    — Jamie Brisick, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
  • As in 50 degrees or less, with anything from crystalline blue to murky brown in the mix.
    — Peter Reese, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2017
  • As in 50 degrees or less, with anything from crystalline blue to murky brown in the mix.
    — Peter Reese, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2017
  • An hour home through the crystalline night, then that slow turn up the driveway and toward the unknown.
    — Josh Roiland, Longreads, 1 Jan. 1950
  • Graphite: Sheets of this crystalline form of carbon are rolled and baked to produce blanks.
    — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 21 June 2023
  • Her ivory-white hair, long now from months without a cut, and her eyes — the crystalline blue-gray of a winter sky.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2020
  • That is, for me, probably a crystalline moment on the show.
    — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2017
  • The area is known for having some of the region’s most crystalline trout streams — all fed by the headwaters.
    — Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The 60-string bandura is a zither-like instrument with a crystalline tone.
    — Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • An iceofon, a kind of marimba with frozen bars, makes a pure and crystalline sound.
    — The Economist, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The group expected that a Mars 1984 rover might be able to sample ancient crystalline rocks on the canyon floor.
    — David S. F. Portree, WIRED, 30 July 2012
  • An alluring new idyll set amid the crystalline waters of the Red Sea promises all that and much more.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 26 June 2023
  • The sun beams, the crystalline water sparkles, and a group of Goop staffers sit cross-legged in a circle, like schoolchildren poised for a read-aloud.
    — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 24 Jan. 2020
  • The water is crystalline, the sky is pearlescent blue, and Andrew is smiling.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • In her videos, blues are crystalline, greens burst with fecundity and reds evoke the color of blood.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Old cheese is firm and has either a crumbly or sometimes even crystalline texture.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Michel and Madeleine weep crystalline tears as they're torn apart by lies told to keep other lies from being exposed.
    — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2018
  • On Sunday, at least four of the migrants jumped into the crystalline waters in a bid to reach shore, but the crew dove in right after them and brought them back to the boat.
    — Frances D’emilio, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • And signature to the popcorn chicken style are those deeply jade crystalline shards of fried basil that garnish the bite-size pieces.
    — New York Times, 28 June 2022
  • The key lies with perovskite, a crystalline structure first discovered in Russia in the mid-1800s.
    — Nathanial Gronewold, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2020
  • This type of solar cell is made out of mono-crystalline silicon.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2019
  • A lot of this isn’t typical trap production, the beats and the arrangements are sharp and crystalline.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Fifty miles away, the iconic Atlantis, the Palm, towers over the crystalline Arabian Gulf.
    — Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Chung’s crystalline prose and narrative control make the loops easy to follow.
    — Julia M. Klein, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2019
  • Best for: Groomer gremlins Graphene, a crystalline carbon that's 100 times stronger than steel, is sandwiched between the wood and polymer that make up the bulk of these skis.
    — Parker Hall, Wired, 17 Dec. 2019
  • On a clear, bright summer morning more than two decades later, Bob inhales a great gulp of crystalline air.
    — Sean Flynn, Smithsonian, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Its rolling meadows are grazed by bison, its thick woodland shelters a pack of wolves, and its crystalline streams teem with trout.
    — Mark Tutton, Holly Brown and Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 27 Sep. 2019
  • But although these islands often had the golden sands, palm trees and crystalline waters of a travel brochure, they were riddled with disease.
    — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
  • In some animal groups, including birds, the egg cemented itself in a crystalline shell to harden itself to planet’s changing atmosphere.
    — Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024

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