smelted

Example Sentences

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Mike Piazza, the slugger expensively coached from boyhood in the modern manner, saw “the silver spoons of his youth smelted into the first of ten consecutive Silver Slugger awards.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Gold is smelted early on in the value chain, making it nearly impossible to trace and connect to potential conflict zones, he explained.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

Once, I could swear the fire station’s brass pole was smelted down.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

A large wooden bucket had been kept within, containing several damaged bronze objects and worn axe-heads, waiting to be smelted down and recycled into new tools.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

They also acquired iron, which had just begun to be smelted in Africa’s Sahel zone.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond