How to Use alchemist in a Sentence

alchemist

noun
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  • In his own work, Mr. Blame was an alchemist of the unlikely.
    — Matthew Schneier, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2018
  • Yes, alchemists have tried to create the philosopher's stone.
    — Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2018
  • Part of the process of waking up and smelling the café con leche has been the launch of their own rather cool label, also called Alchemist.
    — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 23 June 2017
  • This alchemist lived in Alexandria and is perhaps the first female scientist to have her work preserved in any form.
    — Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2017
  • Frankenstein is more of an alchemist than a re-animator this time around.
    — John Brownlee, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2006
  • Maurice White, the boundless funk voyager and smooth-soul maestro who died this week at 74, was one of music’s most gifted alchemists of style.
    — Nate Chinen, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2016
  • The ancient alchemists wanted to transmute the elements and turn lead into gold.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2017
  • Once heated, the mixture started bubbling, and out came the iPhones for pictures—a step that’s unique to twenty-first-century alchemists.
    — Sam Kean, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2016
  • The emperor, a passionate student of the occult, enlists Christian Stern, a young scholar and alchemist, to find the culprit.
    — Adam Woog, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017
  • The film follows a young woman named Recent, an alchemist who belongs to a band of grifters called the Famlee, who travel the countryside cheating peasants out of their land.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Become an emotional alchemist and just let things dissolve a little bit.
    — Ruby Warrington and Alexandra Roxo, Teen Vogue, 14 July 2017
  • Chinese alchemists believed that drinking potable gold in the form of elixirs, eating from gold plates and using gold utensils helped attain longevity.
    — Puja Bhattacharjee, CNN, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Plenty of credit for the breakout seasons of Johnson and Hyder goes to defensive line coach and part-time alchemist Kris Kocurek.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Aristotle believed the four physical elements were changeable, and alchemists took this idea and ran with it.
    — Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2018
  • In its infancy, rock was hybrid music, and Mr. Berry was its most vivid and imaginative alchemist.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2017
  • One of the most famed barbeque alchemists in the Carolinas recalled two years of two barbeque sauces Tuesday night for a potential food allergy problem.
    — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Though the basic recipe of sand, soda and lime remains the industry’s core, first alchemists and then chemists have tinkered with the ingredients over the centuries to produce specialised products.
    — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The visual effect is of an alchemist’s workshop masquerading as an apothecary, a Pantone showroom by way of Hogwarts, God’s own Crayola box.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Players take on the role of novice alchemists plucking ingredients from a shelf in order to brew up fantastical potions.
    — Aaron Zimmerman, Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2017
  • To better understand this, think of a fairy-tale kingdom where the royal alchemist succeeded in turning lead into gold, and the delighted king ordered the royal mint to smelt more coins with it.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Of course Kraft, the alchemists behind Velveeta, have some equally ochre alternatives for your dipping delight.
    — James Joiner, Esquire, 7 Jan. 2014
  • This is alchemist’s queso, unlikely elements turned to molten gold.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2019
  • In 1669, a German hobby alchemist named Hennig Brand got his hands on a recipe for turning lead into gold using concentrated urine.
    — Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2021
  • The world is awash in electronic trash, a vast problem that is a small opportunity for such junkyard alchemists as Alex Braden and Emily Francisco.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Under the full moon, picture your life as a magician or an alchemist, with all your life’s fundamental elements before you.
    — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • This is a group of automotive alchemists charged with turning base metal into performance gold.
    — Al Haas, Philly.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • If nothing else, the Cambridge Analytica has shown people what Facebook is and always has been: An alchemist that spins your data into gold.
    — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2018
  • According to medieval lore, alchemist Johann Georg Faust gave his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and satisfaction of worldly desires.
    — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Nearby is the tombstone of Nicolas Flamel, a real alchemist who features as a character in Rowling’s first book, and various witch accoutrements.
    — Danica Kirka, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The award-winning team of cocktail alchemists serve classic or experimental cocktails, concoctions from rare and forgotten recipes or just a glass of the ‘usual’.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023

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