How to Use alchemy in a Sentence

alchemy

noun
  • The company hoped for some sort of economic alchemy that would improve business.
  • She practiced her alchemy in the kitchen, turning a pile of vegetables into a delicious salad.
  • That alchemy is the sweet spot of our show.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Here’s a look back at the alchemy that got us to this era.
    — Lisa France, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
  • And in a way, that’s what all of this is about – alchemy.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Yes, this whole swirling, bizarre night was on the verge of alchemy.
    — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • In a kind of alchemy, trousers looked like skirts, and skirts like trousers.
    — Colleen Barry, ajc, 25 Sep. 2022
  • There was a certain alchemy to it.
    — The Deadline Team, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
  • That sort of alchemy had been rare through this season.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • This is a glimpse of the alchemy that forges one people from many.
    — David Brog, National Review, 1 Aug. 2019
  • And this was that kind of perfect job where the alchemy was just there.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2024
  • There’s an alchemy, a magic, to it.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Nov. 2025
  • There’s a lot of alchemy there that leads to what happened with that young man.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Fame can fizzle, or a star can trip up, and the alchemy has to be just right.
    — Time, 20 June 2023
  • The result is the kind of rock & roll alchemy that turns cheese into gold.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
  • This, then, is art as alchemy; paint and light as bestowers of life.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, as with most efforts at alchemy, the result may not be pure gold.
    — Andrew Rudalevige, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2018
  • In this case, there was like this odd alchemy and the heart just started beating.
    — CBS News, 14 Mar. 2020
  • What is the strange alchemy that enables friends and teammates to bring out the best in us?
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
  • There's a juice bar, and an alchemy room where guests can blend their own herbal steam balls and massage oils.
    — Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The alchemy of that celebration will stay with us for the rest of our lives.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2021
  • There is of course something to be said for that kind of magical alchemy in a pop band.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
  • Dior is made up of an alchemy of different people.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • But that mind in itself, not the scene-to-scene alchemy of the movie, is what emerges most thrillingly.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Phoenix made money from manure, but the alchemy was richer than that.
    — John Fialka, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2020
  • But here, the alchemy of all involved produces sparks instead of snark.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026
  • But with so much up in the air, the equation starts to look less like algebra and more like alchemy.
    — Lionel Laurent, Bloomberg.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The gallery describes it as an alchemy of geometry, what does that mean to you?
    — Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • But finding the right location, vibe and menu to make that alchemy happen isn’t easy.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Later, Piss Prophets opted for a touch of alchemy and mixed urine with wine.
    — Holly Barker, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2022

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