How to Use volcanic in a Sentence

volcanic

1 of 2 adjective
  • These volcanic wines can age too.
    — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Microbes thrive in the volcanic vents of the ocean floor.
    — Alexandra Oliva june 1, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
  • His spell over the crowd feels at once intimate and volcanic.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • His spell over the crowd feels at once intimate and volcanic.
    — Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That may seem like a bizarre response to a volcanic eruption.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But there's beef in abundance from the volcanic-soil pastures up the road.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • About 95 percent are carved from the volcanic tuff, but a few are made from basalt.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But the scale of this volcanic activity has been hard to pin down.
    — Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Towering volcanic cliffs rise from the sea.
    — NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The noise inside the ballpark felt volcanic.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In the first image, the volcanic vent is circular and deep, with steep walls.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Video footage showed a huge cloud of volcanic ash spread widely across the sky and cars and roads covered with ash.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Italy’s volcanic story does not end in Sicily, though.
    — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • That’s the heat, the volcanic energy.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Fog rolls in off the sea, rain clouds form against the steep volcanic slopes and squalls appear without warning.
    — NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The eruption was one of the most powerful volcanic events of the ancient world.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
  • Iceland is one of the most active volcanic areas on the planet.
    — Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Then a volcanic eruption plops a curious soft echidna’s egg in his path.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 12 June 2026
  • Instead of sandy beaches, its dark volcanic cliffs drop abruptly into the sea.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Aside from volcanic eruptions, forest fires can also make the moon appear blue.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Years of patience, failure and rebirth are baked into its volcanic soil.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • The volcanic eruption is Iceland’s fifth in three years, and second in less than a month.
    — TIME, 15 Jan. 2024
  • And in the volcanic waters of the Azores, dolphins might frolic with you mid-dive.
    — Vanita Salisbury, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025
  • There have been no recent volcanic eruptions in Greece, experts said.
    — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Once inside, kids can explore caves, take short hikes on volcanic terrain and feel the warmth from a steaming bluff.
    — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The seas then cooled somewhat because of major volcanic eruptions.
    — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Sparse trees dot the view, and black volcanic soil is broken only by sudden bursts of bright green pushing through the ash.
    — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • And there’s an odd gap between the two where there’s little in the way of volcanic activity.
    — ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2026
  • It is surrounded by coral reefs and features volcanic rocks, lagoons and small white sand beaches.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Go the northern end of the beach; there's a cove made from black volcanic rock where kids will have no trouble spotting little fish.
    — Karen Cicero, Parents, 1 Aug. 2023

volcanic

2 of 2 noun
  • The volcanic mudflows pose very little risk because there are no communities in the area.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The eroded volcanic tuffs that created the hoodoos at Đavolja Varoš.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2018
  • The grainy volcanic leaves acted as a gentle source of exfoliation.
    — Celeste Polanco, Essence, 27 June 2024
  • The man and woman died as a result of being buried by hot gas and volcanic matter, also known as pyroclastic flow.
    — Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2024
  • People can see the cinder cone volcanic field, Sedona's red rock buttes and as far as the Grand Canyon on a clear day.
    — The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Each time the volcano exploded, hot gas and volcanic matter (called pyroclastic flow) burst into the ocean.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • Next, explore the volcanic underbelly of Iceland, a labyrinth carved by molten rock millennia ago.
    — Jennifer Schwartz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2024
  • This brings on lower temperatures near the Earth's surface -- volcanic cooling.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Their results showed that InSight’s data best matches up with a deep layer of igneous, or volcanic, rock that is filled with liquid water.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
  • But the inclusion of these uninhabited volcanic outposts raised eyebrows.
    — Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Communications can turn volcanic when Mercury meets Mars in Scorpio.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Volcanologists also warned of tephra, or hot glassy volcanic fragments, as well as volcanic ash, pumice, scoria and reticulite, which can fall on the ground within one to three miles of the eruptive vents.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The eruption seems to have been brief, with seismicity dropping quickly after the blast, and Bogoslof now sits on the Orange/Watch volcanic alert.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2017
  • The volcanic peaks Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea have already gotten snow this winter with more than a foot last month, and a dusting earlier this week.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
  • That's the message in a new study about the catastrophic collapse of Earth's tropical forests due to natural volcanic causes 252 million years ago.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 July 2025
  • Chavez has the more volcanic of the two titular brothers and plays Lyle with an intensity that bursts off the screen at times, occasionally in ways that are intentionally quite funny.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The massive ashfall and volcanic mudflows wiped out her village and outlying communities in Pampanga province north of Manila.
    — Jim Gomez and Joeal Calupitan, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023
  • Those wanting to get far off the grid can head to Rodrigues, an itty-bitty volcanic dot in the vast Indian Ocean, hundreds of nautical miles from neighbors in any direction.
    — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Black Rock is a steakhouse specializing in steaks served along on a 755-degree volcanic sizzling rock that customers cook themselves, with the guidance of Black Rock staff.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Two sculptures are massive chunks of black obsidian, a glassy volcanic rock formed deep underground and a material found at many Mesoamerican archaeological sites.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • However, older toilets that are less energy-efficient are borderline volcanic, spewing the particles six feet in every direction, Reynolds says.
    — Matt Fuchs, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Soil types include alluvial, sedimentary, and volcanic, all of which contribute to the complex flavor profile of these amazing Oakville AVA wines.
    — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Have a walk along the serene volcanic Lake Vico and eat at Trattoria del Cimino dal 1895, an authentic Lazian trattoria steps from the palace.
    — Fulvio De Bonis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Yellowstone is home to some of the planet's most active volcanic, hydrothermal and earthquake systems, according to the National Park Service, due to a shallow source of magma.
    — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 24 July 2024
  • In the small town of Calistoga, on the north end of California’s bustling Napa Valley, rocky volcanic peaks hem in a cute town that’s quietly built up a reputation as one of the most charming towns in the area.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Yet the Krýsuvík-Trölladyngja volcanic system—which extends narrowly through the Reykjanes Peninsula, in the country’s southwest—hadn’t erupted for seven or eight hundred years.
    — Heidi Julavit, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
  • This included tariffs on the uninhabited volcanic Heard and McDonald Islands, a remote territory inhabited only by penguins, seals, and seabirds.
    — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Apr. 2025
  • However, the results of the high-density LDS survey sampling smaller catchments above and below the post-mineral volcanic cover contacts were effective in outlining prospective target areas1 in the underlying package.
    — Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024

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