caldron
Example Sentences
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In order to stand out from the everyday hustle and bustle at the market, they wore tall pointy hats and sold their brews out of a caldron.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022
Care: We weren't prepared for what was to hit us in that caldron, that atmosphere we met.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2022
The Japanese superstar who lit the Olympic caldron defeated 52nd-ranked Zheng Saisai of China 6-1, 6-4 in her opening match.
From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2021
Johnson immediately retired from track but went on to help launch the California Special Olympics and was selected to light the Coliseum caldron before the 1984 Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2020
This is the story I believe in: When God was a child, the Rift Valley cradled a caldron of bare necessities, and out of it walked the first humans upright on two legs.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.