Refract

I ask only because we seem today to be much more savvy about being in Important Times, collectively aware that we're passing through history – a tsunami, exploding aircraft, malign old tyrannies being shucked like peas, an old man's important half-truths being pointlessly interrupted by a skidmark – and, being aware that this is living-dramatic, wanting to refract it instantly as drama. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Conversely, the upper atmosphere does not refract infra-red, and thus a blue sky appears “black.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Did they feel any sense of conflict between reporting the truth and the obligation to refract the world through rose-tinted lenses? ❋ Unknown (2011)

What they did was refract the light into a series of Mickey Mouse ears. ❋ Marshall Heyman (2011)

The acting was excellent, the script was witty and interesting, the science was intelligent and I thought the take on "Reality Shows" was the perfect medium to reflect and refract on what is "real" and what is "virtual". ❋ Unknown (2009)

The laser's optical system would have to overcome the distorting effect of atmospheric turbulence, the variations in pressure and temperature that refract starlight to create the "twinkling" effect in the night sky. ❋ Nathan Hodge (2011)

However, these things are beautiful because of the way they reflect and refract light. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even disagreeing with the interpretation doesn't invalidate it, as such, these characters can splinter, multiply, refract what have and still return to form. ❋ Lou Anders (2009)

Anna half imagined that the stars were flickering: since there was no atmosphere to refract their light, they were being distorted by cloaking fields. ❋ David A. McIntee (2011)

After all, in asymmetric conflicts between oppressive regimes and the people whom they oppress, it is no surprise that the authoritarians will try to refract innovations for their agenda. ❋ Ari Melber (2011)

Ms. Brockington, like Mr. Hochschild, focuses on relationships as a prism to refract ideas, but she has a more interesting cast of characters. ❋ William Anthony Hay (2011)

It was a simple but adequate affair: a fire built in the snow; alongside, their sleeping-furs spread in a single bed on a mat of spruce boughs; behind the bed an oblong of canvas stretched to refract the heat. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The waste heat from the wings also did funny things to refract the light. ❋ Hugh Barlow (2011)

The sun was low, and its light filtered through the pink blossoms, creating the impression that they stood within a canopy of intricate latticework, designed to refract and color the light. ❋ Nick Lake (2010)

With bleak winter days upon us, a mirror will refract each precious ray of s unlight — and the sunburst mirror seems to stand in for the sun itself. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I saw a little girl who looked somewhat like me or the other Audrina playing with crystal prisms, sitting in the sunlight and catching sunlight, to refract it on the walls, into the mirrors that shot the colors back again, and all the room turned into a kaleidoscope. ❋ V.C. Andrews® (2010)

I want to shout, but I watch silently as she tips the bottle upside down, making the light tremble and refract through the amber glass. ❋ Zoe FitzGerald Carter (2010)

Micas work best in clear products, like clear melt and pour, because the shimmer needs light in order to reflect and refract nicely. ❋ Anne-Marie (2008)