melting

Example Sentences

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A local handyman, Arsenio García, gingerly guarded a carry-on with a melting cold pack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Although there are no direct references, such Surrealist and Expressionist tropes as Salvador Dalí’s melting watches and Edvard Munch’s screaming bridge-walker seem to lurk in Ms. Butterly’s aesthetic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

First, colder ocean temperatures during ice ages reduced melting beneath portions of the Antarctic ice sheet that extend below sea level.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

It’s a surrealist painting in motion, the equivalent of staring at Salvador Dali’s wasteland of melting clocks until it makes gut-sense.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

The ones he gave me are a little big, but better than the possibility of melting and burning.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz