crucible
Example Sentences
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Both are distinguished by a depth and specificity of character, tested in the crucible of grief.
Excavations and geophysical surveys in this area revealed crucibles, slag, and tin bronze artifacts.
From Science Daily
Snap Chief Executive Evan Spiegel wrote in a September note to employees the company is in a “crucible moment,” comparing it to a “middle child” wedged between larger tech giants and smaller rivals.
From Los Angeles Times
Sondheim, Mr. Joseph writes, used games “as a crucible for relationships to get messy and deepen.”
New York was “a crucible where ordinary people, artists, and outcasts brushed shoulders with superstars in the making,” Mr. Ferrando writes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
