How to Use mantle in a Sentence

mantle

1 of 2 noun
  • She accepted the mantle of leadership.
  • Blackstone has held the mantle for too long.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Which of his four adult children will pick up his yeasty mantle?
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Wrap it around your stair railings or drape it over your mantle.
    — Matthew Parker, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Our favorite picks for your front door, above the mantle, and more.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In April, a new pup will assume the mantle.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • John Leguizamo has reason to dust off his mantle.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But many of those who have rushed to assume his mantle have no desire to try.
    — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Next in water abundance is the mantle and crust.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Attach to the mantle, tree, or garland with the tails of the string.
    — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Whose portrait's on the mantle?
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Marble fireplace mantles sit at the heart of each.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2026
  • My grandmother and mom are no longer with us, so now the mantle has been passed to me.
    — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Two urns, labeled Mom and Dad, sit on his mantle.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Raped with a statue of Jesus plucked from a mantle.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Both sides have tried to wrap themselves in the mantle of democracy.
    — Patrick Kingsley, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This one burns wood and has an impressive surround and mantle.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The signs will rest in basements and on mantles for years, collecting dust.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • From this point onwards, Robin kept it on the mantle in her apartment.
    — Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
  • His disciples picked up the mantle, even though those same forces wanted to kill them, too.
    — Amy Stephens, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Utilize the holder as part of a tablescape or keep it on a mantle or shelf for year-round warmth.
    — Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2023
  • And indeed, the mantle has a dearth of siderophile elements.
    — Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Over time, these collisions shaped Earth’s core, mantle and crust.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Bryant's taken up the mantle in 2025.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
  • China is keen to take up the mantle and become the world’s leading space power.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
  • In their absence, a new generation is ready to pick up the mantle.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The mantle will convect as hot rock rises from deep in the Earth to the surface.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2023
  • New pathways This thick crust causes the flow of the mantle to dip downward.
    — ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Lady’s mantle doesn’t like to be sheared back frequently.
    — Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 9 May 2026
  • Buy a few to dangle from the mantle, or use it as a standalone decoration.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2023

mantle

2 of 2 verb
  • And now, the Bay Area’s fourth-largest city can add to its awards mantle the fifth-place trophy among the most unfaithful cities in the nation.
    — Joseph Geha, The Mercury News, 19 June 2019
  • Summer sun breaks reveal vistas of precipitous slopes mantled in deep green grasses — with distant volcanic peaks shrouded in snow.
    — ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025
  • However, pyroclastic flow deposits mantle the valleys around the volcano.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Even as blue skies return, flood-weary farmers in the San Joaquin Valley have only to look east, to the towering Sierra mantled in snow, to know there is worse to come.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Dino Fury and Cosmic Fury are both on Netflix, which has taken over the Power Rangers mantle, so no doubt things will continue from here.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Again mantle ahead of the 2028 GOP presidential primary.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Farms with multiple species also provide habitat for colorful and charismatic wildlife such as the endangered Yellow-eared Parrot and mantled howling monkey.
    — Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Piero has also taken the liberty of eliminating red in Mary’s clothing, mantling her solely in her other primary color, blue, an expensive shade made from lapis lazuli brought from Afghanistan along the Silk Road.
    — Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
  • Lego Icons Succulents Artificial Plant Set Brighten up your bookshelf, desk, or mantle with this artificial succulent set that one of our shopping writers called her favorite piece of home décor.
    — Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026

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