How to Use crucible in a Sentence

crucible

noun

• He's ready to face the crucible of the Olympics.
• His character was formed in the crucible of war.
• Such was the crucible in which the computers were forged.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2022
• In the weeks since, the Spurs have grown up, gained confidence and learned how to function in the crucible of the fourth quarter, even on the road.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Dec. 2021
• My left hand is outstretched with a mug of tea; my right cradles a crucible of crunch.
  — Stephen Lurie, Bon Appétit, 4 June 2021
• Yet even in the crucible that was 1968, cooler heads prevailed.
  — Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• The crucible of work, service and fishing led Karch to form a group that now is the focus of his life: Learn 2 Fish with Us.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2023
• For him, the United States invasion was a crucible of loss.
  — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
• The answer is in his knowing stare during the crucible of the 2019 tournament.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
• In other words, he was not exactly pegged to be a guy the Jazz could count on when the playoff crucible came around.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2020
• Some memoirs look deeply inward, examining how the self is formed in the crucible of the world.
  — Kate Tuttle, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2019
• This year might have looked very different for BTS if their bond hadn’t been forged in the crucible of those early years.
  — Lenika Cruz, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2020
• Perhaps Holabird’s most lasting impact was as the crucible in which the Jeep was forged.
  — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2022
• That became the crucible for a bitter fight within the Party.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2022
• Eduardo Galvan is a lifelong skater who grew up in Venice, one of the sport’s crucibles.
  — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• This weekend, the ALGS team finally got to test that growth in the crucible of an arena filled with fans.
  — Ethan Davison, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
• But it’s a country far from the battlefield that has turned into a kind of crucible of the global moment.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
• Through a crucible for the ages America has been tested anew and America has risen to the challenge.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2021
• Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew and America has risen to the challenge.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2021
• Playing as a freshman in the crucible of the Southeastern Conference is a lofty goal.
  — al, 23 Mar. 2022
• New ideas are born in the crucible of this constructive disorder.
  — Time, 16 Mar. 2021
• His voice never goes cold, never veers into the crucible.
  — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• Trump enters the crucible of the public hearings largely alone — by his own design.
  — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2019
• This is democracy’s day, a day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve through a crucible for the ages.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2021
• Frederick Douglass serves as a crucible in which stereotypes about the noble race man are burnt.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2020
• Yes, value is tested in the marketplace, in the crucible of actual trade.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 4 Dec. 2020
• Each week, the contestants will be thrown into a battle-royale challenge, a crucible that will push them to their limits.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 13 Sep. 2023
• In the crucible of the event’s final holes, as his rivals withered under the pressure, Mr. Woods found the inner resolve that had been his trademark.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2021
• Today, with six million rabid members and 286 million posts, 4chan is the crucible of everything edgy and sticky on the Web.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2023
• But the grill’s an important part of Landrace, the crucible for creating a Texas foodscape. Time for a new word: ecotone.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 8 July 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024