How to Use crystalline in a Sentence

crystalline

adjective
  • The trees were bare and crystalline and white.
    — Karan Mahajan, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Think of how the crystalline world of the window frame changes over time.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2017
  • The crystalline knowledge runs deep.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Those recordings hold up for their crystalline sound and youthful spunk.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • This type of solar cell is made out of mono-crystalline silicon.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2019
  • Old cheese is firm and has either a crumbly or sometimes even crystalline texture.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The final product forms as a glassy metal rather than a crystalline one.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
  • An iceofon, a kind of marimba with frozen bars, makes a pure and crystalline sound.
    — The Economist, 11 Feb. 2020
  • In the first, space is filled with a crystalline grid of quantum particles, or qubits.
    — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2025
  • But this viewer walked away after a few episodes with a crystalline sense of who the Pauls were.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 1 June 2025
  • As in 50 degrees or less, with anything from crystalline blue to murky brown in the mix.
    — Peter Reese, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2017
  • Her ivory-white hair, long now from months without a cut, and her eyes — the crystalline blue-gray of a winter sky.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2020
  • In one, Kiyoko can be seen down on one knee on a cliff overlooking crystalline waters.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 July 2025
  • In her videos, blues are crystalline, greens burst with fecundity and reds evoke the color of blood.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2021
  • The area is known for having some of the region’s most crystalline trout streams — all fed by the headwaters.
    — Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Chung’s crystalline prose and narrative control make the loops easy to follow.
    — Julia M. Klein, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2019
  • For swimmers, the sheltered, crystalline bay can feel like a natural pool.
    — Carla Vianna, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The 60-string bandura is a zither-like instrument with a crystalline tone.
    — Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Michel and Madeleine weep crystalline tears as they're torn apart by lies told to keep other lies from being exposed.
    — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2018
  • The device is completed by caps of crystalline silicon at each end, the source and drain.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026
  • At the atomic scale, ferroelectrics are shaped by crystalline phases.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Its rolling meadows are grazed by bison, its thick woodland shelters a pack of wolves, and its crystalline streams teem with trout.
    — Mark Tutton, Holly Brown and Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The water is crystalline, the sky is pearlescent blue, and Andrew is smiling.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Science aside, the clean, crystalline water inspires an irresistible urge to dive right in.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2026
  • On a clear, bright summer morning more than two decades later, Bob inhales a great gulp of crystalline air.
    — Sean Flynn, Smithsonian, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Nicotine salts are not exactly like the crystalline salt in a shaker on the dinner table.
    — Julie Creswell, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Polar bears lumber along the ice floes looking for seals and dive gracefully through the crystalline blue waters.
    — Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2021
  • A lot of this isn’t typical trap production, the beats and the arrangements are sharp and crystalline.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Some beaches are found next to crystalline lakes, while others are beneath the peaks of majestic mountain ranges.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2026
  • An alluring new idyll set amid the crystalline waters of the Red Sea promises all that and much more.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 26 June 2023

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