Sentence examples for act of refining from inspiring English sources

Because of the conflict of transporting sugar in its raw form, sugar was not associated with commerce until the act of refining it came into play; this act became the center for industry.

The golden age of refining is history.

In this new book, the characters have grown older, the exits are fewer and the act of withholding has been refined into a blood sport.

Serving your own homemade wine to guests is a matter of pride, and the act of drinking it has been refined to an art form.

I'm assuming fashion week queues are where the act of sneering was conceptualised and ultimately refined, because everyone in every fashion week queue I've ever had the enormous pleasure of standing in has that, "Urgh, Jesus, the fact you're standing near me makes me feel like throwing up in my mouth" look nailed down to the ground.

Molasses was the residue of refining sugar.

Instead of refining, I was playing.

Sure, the act of creating a sketch can help an individual designer work through concepts and refine ideas.

There is a kind of judgment, but let me refine that, how can you go on really describing that the act of neutrality is bad.

The act of writing, Ong said — the ability to revisit your ideas and, in the process, refine them — transformed the shape of thought.

How the supposedly educated, refined, responsible people who are the leaders of our country continue this act of dishonest gerrymandering is beyond me..