Example Sentences

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Agassi's skill, he said, was distilling complex concepts into precise information and reminding him how good he is.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024

“What you’re tasting is the history of a spirit — who was distilling and how they were making it at a given time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022

Ms. George’s biggest challenge was distilling her hundreds of pages of notes and research into one article.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022

It eventually found a company that was distilling fresh coconuts to a highly concentrated compound, mostly for the cosmetic industry.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2021

He was distilling azoth, as he had done hundreds of times before.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor