How to Use prism in a Sentence

prism

noun
  • Picture a prism pulling away from a stack of blocks.
    — Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 2 Apr. 2026
  • That should be the prism through which he is assessed.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But that’s not the prism through which players look at things.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2019
  • All of Cat's life lessons were taught through the prism of love.
    — Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 17 June 2017
  • In many ways, the whole season will be viewed through the prism of his loss.
    — Andrew Fifield, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • But there will be a point at which he will be viewed through the prism of the team’s record.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2022
  • On It column looks at self-help through the prism of deities.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2021
  • The case should be viewed through the prism of mental illness.
    — George Houde, chicagotribune.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • This is the prism through which the team's performance should be viewed.
    — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2020
  • The best sports movies tell you about life via the prism of their specific game.
    — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2018
  • The light might reach the camera via optical fibers or a prism.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 30 June 2021
  • No such approval was granted for either the prism or the tablet.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
  • So everything in the sport is through that prism, to an extent.
    — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 13 Nov. 2020
  • My goal with this book was to tell a life story through the prism of stuttering.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Mandela’s prism on the world was a small window with six bars but little to see.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Through this prism, so many of the surrounding events started to make sense to them.
    — Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022
  • There are many ways to interpret that, but one of them is through the prism of loss avoidance.
    — Neil Irwin, New York Times, 13 July 2018
  • This film’s going to be seen through two different prisms, through the left and through the right.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • He was always viewed somewhat through the prism of a former rival.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 18 Feb. 2026
  • He was always viewed somewhat through the prism of a former rival.
    — Amie Parnes, The Hill, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Doubt and debate are the prisms that test our current ideas and help to generate new ones.
    — Noubar Afeyan, Time, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The novel also begs the question of what does love mean through the prism of a trans woman?
    — Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
  • That folk tradition reflects the feelings of the present through the prism of the past.
    — Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
  • All the sounds of trip hop seemed to be squeezed through its peculiar Bristol prism.
    — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 19 Feb. 2021
  • View this in the prism of which quarterback does the most to help his team win as both teams chase playoff berths.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2022
  • For the most part, hair is left untouched, except for a tiny section, which is dyed to look like a prism.
    — Erika Stalder, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Much of the film unfolds almost through the prism of a screen -- smart phone and computer.
    — Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Overseas most Sikhs view the protests through the prism of livelihood, not statehood.
    — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Viewed through the prism of turnout, the people who didn’t vote in the last election are deciding this one.
    — David Yanofsky, Quartz, 3 Nov. 2020
  • And celebrity is the prism through which most of the viewing public is seeing the … well, star of the show.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023

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