How to Use cauldron in a Sentence

cauldron

noun
  • There will be music, the torch arrival, lighting of the cauldron and fireworks at dusk.
    AL.com, 1 June 2017
  • Inside the cauldron there is an image of a Dionysus, the god of wine, looking at a woman.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 June 2017
  • The friggitorie, just as ancient, are tiny white-tiled galleys where cauldrons of oil bubble over charcoal.
    Tamar Adler, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2017
  • The blue flame licks at the side of the cauldron as my aunt begins ladling out the contents, a Pingpu recipe passed down for generations.
    Hilda Hoy, Slate Magazine, 8 May 2017
  • No wonder there’s a simmering cauldron of political anger, churning in those far-flung towns cut off by the interstates.
    Will Bunch, Philly.com, 19 June 2017
  • But in It Comes at Night, that house is not just a cauldron of domestic tensions but a fortress against a dangerous world.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2017
  • Analysis of the bronze in the cauldron shows it was produced by master craftsman who perfected the arts of smelting ore and engraving metal.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 June 2017
  • Analysis of the bronze in the cauldron shows it was produced by master craftsman who perfected the arts of smelting ore and engraving metal.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 June 2017
  • This is a crucial moment for the Ducks because reputations are forged in the cauldron of intense playoff competition.
    Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 9 May 2017
  • For other productions, the company routinely provides swords and daggers, leather items, broaches, cauldrons, kettles and locks.
    Jason Overdorf, USA TODAY, 20 May 2017
  • The result was a cauldron of noise from the very start that upped the intensity of the Wolves pressure, increased the ferocity of their tackles and heightened the chaos of the game.
    Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
  • This is not the first time the Olympic cauldron has gone out.
    Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2022
  • The flame took and rose, through the rings, up to the cauldron, which erupted in fire.
    Scott Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Add a cauldron and your kids will have their own pot of gold at the end of the game.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The cauldron of death and Chicago, got to put an end to it.
    Fox News, 30 Aug. 2018
  • The course took the runners past the Olympic cauldron used for the Atlanta Games.
    Charles Odum, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Oh yeah, and those tight shots of the bubbling cauldron.
    Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2023
  • Wilkin said that the size of the cauldrons were exciting.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 June 2024
  • So it’s you, Snape, and your brother around a cauldron of soup?
    Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Eason, for his part, can’t wait to be in that cauldron.
    Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2021
  • At the hot-pot restaurant, the staff brought out a cauldron of dark-red water.
    Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2019
  • So what kind of look does the 46-year old have cooking up in her cauldron for this year?
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2019
  • King isn't the only one stirring up the creepy cauldron.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Things may be about to bubble up around you like a witch's cauldron.
    Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2022
  • There was a fire pit, with a cast-iron cauldron of hot cider hanging over it.
    Ryan D'agostino, Car and Driver, 16 Aug. 2020
  • If any sorcery remains for the Round of 32, then the Magic City could be the cauldron.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The World Cup cauldron is a lot to handle, for any player.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 19 July 2023
  • Pour it into a cauldron and dress the sides with paper flames.
    Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 5 July 2022
  • There, the Olympic cauldron was lit by the skater Kenneth Charles Henry.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 July 2024
  • Deep in the valley below us, in the middle distance, gaped the great black cauldron of Litli-Hrútur, its insides awash in a churning fiery stew.
    Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024

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