sublime
adjective
elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
sublimes
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pluralof sublime.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Likewise, solid carbon dioxide does not melt at 1 atm pressure but instead sublimes to yield gaseous CO2.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
The pentachloride sublimes when warmed and forms an equilibrium with the trichloride and chlorine when heated.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Dry ice does not melt to a liquid but sublimes directly from the solid state to vapor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here the warm planet ripens and sublimes The well-baked beauties of the southern climes.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Sir Walter Scott
In an ignition tube it fuses and finally sublimes.
From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Frederick Hutton Getman
