How to Use molten in a Sentence

molten

adjective
  • The molten core of their amore?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Some of them are relics of its ancient past as a molten world.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 29 July 2022
  • Fissures opened just north of the town, but the molten rock flowed away from it.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Hoop cheese will offer the best molten cheesy center.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
  • The gray gullet of the sky seems to have swallowed a molten coin.
    — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The molten salt acts as a secondary electrolyte.
    — Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • When enough has formed, the molten rock erupts, shooting through the Earth’s crust.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 28 July 2023
  • 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
  • This crater would have a 100m pool of molten rock at its center.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Standing 640 feet high, the shaft’s top is filled with molten salt.
    — National Geographic, 12 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • From the widening gash, molten rock burbled and splashed, then shot dozens of feet in the air.
    — Amy B Wang, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018
  • From the widening gash, molten rock burbled and splashed, then shot dozens of feet in the air.
    — Author: Amy B Wang, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2018
  • Proof is in this rich and decadent molten cake that has a creamy peanut butter center.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 26 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • After a session, there are black streaks of molten rubber along the flanks of the car.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 1 July 2021
  • Brownies, molten-style cakes, or make-ahead options paired with ice cream tend to hit the sweet spot.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
  • That requires the moon to have been molten at some point, which takes a lot of energy.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • These molten-salt tanks act as energy buffers.
    — David Szondy march 08, New Atlas, 8 Mar. 2026
  • 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 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
  • Those are the skydivers in NC that dive with molten aluminum flares.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Its light is rather that of a glowing molten metal than that of a burning furnace.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • From there, the wax Oscar is melted out and replaced with molten bronze.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Earth’s molten outer core is critical to life on our planet.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
  • Once separated, and still molten, the waste was poured on the ground like lava.
    — Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Craft your own pumpkin, blown by professionals out of hot molten glass.
    — Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2025

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