Metamorphosis, The

American  

noun

1. a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.

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“The Metamorphosis” Cultural  

1. (1916) A story by Franz Kafka. It is a tale of psychological terror, in which a salesman named Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant insect.

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Example Sentences

In fall 2003, the then-9-year-old made a beeline to the fair and bought gum, glitter gel pens and “Metamorphosis,” the second studio album from “Lizzie McGuire” star Hilary Duff.

From Los Angeles Times

Several weeks earlier, Minneapolis played host to the Paganicon conference, whose theme this year was “Metamorphosis: The Rebirth of Community.”

From Washington Post

Oyamada mines the horror in the predictability of metamorphosis — the inevitability of who we are, and who we are bound to become.

From New York Times

The dress resurrected the dreaminess of my family’s metamorphosis, the promise of this entire experience, transforming me if not into a full-blown ballroom princess, then at least into a woman capable of climbing onto another stage.

From Literature

Ever the symbol of metamorphosis, the butterfly turns into a tarot card and then zaps the heroine so that her clothes are replaced with a mask and costume in a scene that’s pure glam.

From Washington Post