How to Use amalgam in a Sentence

amalgam

noun
  • Tyler, at times, sounds like an amalgam of those two older gents.
    — M.t. Richards, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
  • An amalgam of brains and brawn, the little discs turned the punk world on its head.
    — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 18 June 2017
  • The dozen skein paintings present disheveled amalgams of hues and weaves.
    — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Spicy ginger tea is an amalgam of a few of my favorite cold remedies.
    — Bon Appétit, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Gold in the ore binds with the mercury to produce an amalgam of the metals.
    — Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2019
  • All of us seem to be suffering from this strange amalgam of malaise and mania.
    — Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The record plays like an amalgam of her career's most peerless moments.
    — Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This work, like the word ‘amalgam’ in the title, just brings it all together.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The 750-year-old church across the road is an amalgam of stone, brick, and timber.
    — Sigrid MacRae, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The first-year Wolves are an amalgam of Glen Este and Amelia.
    — John Snodgrass, Cincinnati.com, 23 Aug. 2017
  • This involves removing the bulk of the tooth and then filling what’s left with amalgam.
    — David Cox /, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2018
  • The video had an amalgam of Taylor's past selves that split the internet.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 28 Aug. 2017
  • The décor will be an amalgam of retro and contemporary touches, and the menu will strive to do the same.
    — James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Its menu was an amalgam of French and Southern flavors served in a cozy dining room.
    — Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Fiction is the amalgam that allows disparate elements to forge a whole.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Even with that wealth of clues, Bonetti remains an enigma, an amalgam of evasions and lies and spin.
    — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
  • What’s clear, though, is that the gameplay is an amalgam of the best ideas from Grasshopper’s past, along with new touches.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Façades and floor tiles were 3-D printed using a durable amalgam of sand and seawater.
    — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Counter stools from Baker add to the amalgam of metals while also bringing in the texture and warmth of leather.
    — Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2022
  • This recipe is an amalgam of styles, with coffee and chocolate for complexity, hot sauce for kick and beans just because.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Baldo is an amalgam — of the things in my life, in Carlos' life, what's happening with kids today.
    — Connie Nelson, Star Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021
  • About a third of them are in Pluto-like orbits, and all of them appear to be, like Pluto, amalgams of ice and rock.
    — David H. Freedman, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 1998
  • Or Gunn could decide his new DC universe will be an amalgam of new and not so new superheroes.
    — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Part crew neck sweatshirt, part sweater, part T-shirt, Wood's garment is an amalgam of all the best parts of those classic menswear pieces.
    — Liza Corsillo, GQ, 6 Oct. 2017
  • But all members of the NMC have to be on the same page to make this amalgam of agencies work seamlessly.
    — Marites Dañguilan Vitug, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Indiana Jones is an amalgam of Hollywood archetypes, the essence of a big-screen hero boiled down and maybe left on the stove too long.
    — Alex Galbraith, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2022
  • But what stood out the most was the smock silhouette, an amalgam of an oversized sweatshirt and shirt jacket, with a large mock neck and two patch pockets on the front.
    — Jian Deleon, Esquire, 25 Jan. 2016
  • This isn’t my father, per se, but an amalgam of 1960s Suburban Dads.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 July 2022
  • The sauce, a cheddar mornay-white American amalgam, is basic, but classic.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The character is an amalgam with a bunch of different touchpoints, and one was Sam Bankman-Fried.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026

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