Examples of molten in a Sentence
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Armstrong’s afterthought rocks were anorthosite, a low-density material that forms when minerals crystallize within molten rock.
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Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Menu highlights include molten lava cake, tiramisu, raspberry lemon drop cake, a key lime tart and a dessert flight with four mousses.
—The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
But the biggest blob, a red oblong smear, stretches out over the Los Angeles valley like molten lava.
—Malia Wollan, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Parts of the original molten magma surface sank below the crust.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
In a 17th-century explosion, Etna buried the town of Nicolosi, destroyed much of the city of Catania and fired molten rock into the sea 18 miles away.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
That contact caused a spark or molten metal that fell into grass below, the report said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2024
The heat radiated when the molten steel was in sight.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
Specifically, the tense bubbling before molten lava flares up and scorches the earth.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2024
Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Menu highlights include molten lava cake, tiramisu, raspberry lemon drop cake, a key lime tart and a dessert flight with four mousses.
—The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
But the biggest blob, a red oblong smear, stretches out over the Los Angeles valley like molten lava.
—Malia Wollan, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
Parts of the original molten magma surface sank below the crust.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
In a 17th-century explosion, Etna buried the town of Nicolosi, destroyed much of the city of Catania and fired molten rock into the sea 18 miles away.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
That contact caused a spark or molten metal that fell into grass below, the report said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2024
The heat radiated when the molten steel was in sight.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
Specifically, the tense bubbling before molten lava flares up and scorches the earth.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2024
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“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/molten. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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molten
adjective
mol·ten
ˈmōlt-ᵊn 
: melted especially by very great heat
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