How to Use molten in a Sentence

molten

adjective
  • The lava gushed over the notch and fed the molten river.
    Heidi Julavit, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Fissures opened just north of the town, but the molten rock flowed away from it.
    Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The bottoms are crisp, the tops fluffy and the insides full of molten hot pork and soup.
    Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021
  • When enough has formed, the molten rock erupts, shooting through the Earth’s crust.
    Justin Ray, Robb Report, 28 July 2023
  • Fresh out of the cosmic oven, the moon was hot and molten, glowing red in the night sky.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Some of them are relics of its ancient past as a molten world.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 29 July 2022
  • Take your look to new heights with a pair of on-trend platform heels in a molten hue.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 20 Oct. 2022
  • His head was cut down on to the sand, his mouth filled with molten gold to mark the greed that all the Parthians knew him for.
    Peter Stothard, Time, 21 Dec. 2022
  • After a session, there are black streaks of molten rubber along the flanks of the car.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 1 July 2021
  • On the journey between plate and mouth, the bouncing strings of molten cheese seem to be alive.
    Francesco Lastrucci, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The polyester suits both burn and glorp into molten chaos.
    Rachel Lance, Wired, 6 Dec. 2020
  • The night was filled with that eerie light that only molten rock can produce.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Deep, dark cake surrounds a molten core that is sauce and filling in one.
    Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The fruit arrives with a thin crackly shell that gives way to a molten slice of banana.
    Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2022
  • The crunch of its tortilla held up far better, and the molten cheese gave this contestant the edge.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The volcano has puked up a whole bunch of red-hot molten rock which has flowed forth and covered a wide area.
    Mike Wehner, BGR, 22 Mar. 2021
  • When the smelters smashed the furnace and the molten slag flowed out, what remained were precious lumps of copper.
    Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Nov. 2021
  • At the time of the July activity, the molten rock was in motion.
    IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The entree’s rough red paste, sprung from Kashmiri chiles and tamarind, brings to mind molten lava.
    Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Here's what to know about the molten rock's temperatures.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
  • The molten rock could make the road impassable and force drivers to find alternate coastal routes in the north and south.
    Audrey McAvoy, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The bittersweet recipe is the perfect mashup of a molten lava cake and a chocolate torte.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The lack of evaporation from the molten pool allows the glass to cool in a stress-free state, leaving a very strong weld.
    IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024
  • Most copper is found in porphyry copper deposits in the large chunks of molten rock that make up the Earth’s crust.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The rail cars that fell in the water contained asphalt, molten sulfur and scrap metal, the EPA said.
    Michelle Watson, CNN, 2 July 2023
  • Pig iron is ore reduced to molten iron in a coal-heated blast furnace.
    Bob Tita, WSJ, 28 June 2022
  • These new studies confirm that the Martian core is molten.
    Marcia Dunn, Chron, 23 July 2021
  • At the same time, the molten magma is depleted of iron and is more oxidized.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 May 2023
  • When a crucible of molten aluminum was tipped over the trench, a stream of silver metal filled it and hardened into a sort of wand.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Next, explore the volcanic underbelly of Iceland, a labyrinth carved by molten rock millennia ago.
    Jennifer Schwartz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2024

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