molder

Example Sentences

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Hedda wears bullet-like strands of pearls that choke her neck and a jade-colored gown that seems to molder into a festering, jealous shade of green.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

Yes, you really can go listen to the Converge albums left to molder on those Oakley sunglasses for who knows how long.

From The Verge • Jun. 24, 2022

Learning from Brees and Coach Sean Payton, an excellent molder of quarterbacks, could help Winston, the Buccaneers’ franchise leader in passing yardage and touchdowns, re-establish his value.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2020

“He was a teacher and molder of youth,” Notre Dame Coach Mike Brey, who played for Wootten and later coached alongside him, said in a phone interview.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2020

I maintain that nurture, rather than nature, is the primary molder of personality, but my father possessed a proud rebelliousness, a stubborn sense of fairness, that I recognize in myself.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela