Some monks of the Middle Ages live within the hermetic confines of an isolated life. From LearnThat.org.
When later in life her work was called hermetic and she herself a "sacred monster," it was to her own great dismay. From Wordnik.com. [The Brazilian Sphinx] Reference
Even to this day, we use the term "hermetic" in the sense of "secret". From Wordnik.com. [The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece] Reference
Reading here is a hermetic act devoid of any rationality. From Wordnik.com. [David Shasha: Two Models of Jewish Tradition: Vertical-Hierarchical and Horizontal Pluralist] Reference
The Hermit Kingdom, it's now clear, is no longer hermetic. From Wordnik.com. [CULTURE SHOCK] Reference
Ending here to continue with my day's tasks! hermetic study. From Wordnik.com. [jaimewolf Diary Entry] Reference
Stein wrote about Toklas in her more hermetic works as well. From Wordnik.com. [Alice Babette Toklas.] Reference
The % overlap is the main factor to maintain a hermetic seal. From Wordnik.com. [3 Packaging materials] Reference
In a regime as hermetic as Havana's, analysts were left guessing. From Wordnik.com. [Fidel Castro's Potbelly amigo Max Marambio finds brother Raul Castro is not so friendly] Reference
It might defeat the purpose of the hermetic seal-but it did make them sink. From Wordnik.com. [Get Out The Geigor Counters] Reference
In other words, the current universe of Big Love is almost entirely hermetic. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Blankenship: "Big" Review: Big Love Season 3, Ep. 1. (Spoilers!)] Reference
Most actors are notoriously gregarious, but I remember Paul as essentially hermetic. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Brustein: Remembering Paul Benedict] Reference
When I was young, they still existed: those little hermetic phrases like "mxgur fnaagl.". From Wordnik.com. [Heard By a Bird] Reference
He stopped drinking and partying, leading what he calls "a hermetic existence" for two years. From Wordnik.com. [When Barry Became Barack] Reference
It is necessary to wet the skin in order that it may work properly and form a hermetic valve. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885] Reference
Some types of rigid packaging have the advantage of providing a perfect airtight hermetic seal. From Wordnik.com. [3 Packaging materials] Reference
Understand, in those days, canning, known as "hermetic sealing," was still a laboratory process. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
And he concedes: "I don't know if anyone in the world can take hermetic measures against terror.". From Wordnik.com. [Israel's Unpluggable Palestinian Problem] Reference
But the Yankees are a hermetic realm, like North Korea, where nobody wants to focus on the actual. From Wordnik.com. [The Yankees Make a Myth of Joba Chamberlain] Reference
Because, rare will be the 21st century hermetic author who lives beyond the life of an ascetic scribe. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Fields: Books Away: Distribution, Mega-Filters and Pay to Play] Reference
Ms. GRIMAUD: No, I think I wouldn't do too well if someone came - sell, it's not that I'm hermetic to suggestions. From Wordnik.com. [Pianist's Passions Span Music, America and Wolves] Reference
The refusal to make a firm distinction between speech and interior reflection can also evoke a hermetic worldview. From Wordnik.com. [Missing the Mark] Reference
At heart, it's another hermetic Mamet study of tough guys wielding power and words, brutishly and self-consciously. From Wordnik.com. [Not A Season To Be Jolly] Reference
Inman tried to picture himself living similarly hermetic in just such a stark and lonesome refuge on Cold Mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Mountain]
His books are page-turners, not the hermetic literary musings commonly associated with native-born French novelists. From Wordnik.com. [Le Mot Juste] Reference
Seal the bottle with a hermetic top immediately and let it cool for a few minutes before submerging it in cold water. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
From a hieratic, hermetic art object the novel is blooming into something more casual and open: a literature of pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Good Books Don't Have to Be Hard] Reference
Let's start by examining one such ancient idea, a hermetic teaching ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus, "as above so below.". From Wordnik.com. [Reality, an Enormous Interference Pattern?] Reference
In contrast to the collagistic compositions of her early works, her paintings took on a classical and hermetic structure. From Wordnik.com. [Artists: Israeli, 1970 to the Present.] Reference
The double seam is the potential weak point of a can and for proper hermetic seals it must be made to stringent tolerances. From Wordnik.com. [3 Packaging materials] Reference
In the hermetic universe in which theorists dwell, you have to do things this way, because you want to tax income only once. From Wordnik.com. [There's Still No Free Lunch] Reference
He's wearing plaid capris, much washed, and a hip green T-shirt with a drawing of a parking lot and the single word "hermetic.". From Wordnik.com. [Dan Steinhilber retrospective: Escaping definitions] Reference
When he writes that Howard Hawks, one of his favorite directors, "landscapes action," he is being hermetic as well as inaccurate. From Wordnik.com. [Manny Farber's Rough Criticism] Reference
The global dexterity of "Us" suggests that we're all connected; the solitude of these hermetic songs suggests that we all die alone. From Wordnik.com. [HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND] Reference
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