How to Use crucible in a Sentence

crucible

noun

• He's ready to face the crucible of the Olympics.
• His character was formed in the crucible of war.
• But at the movies, even in the South, the crucible was cool.
  — vanityfair.com, 1 Feb. 2017
• In the mid-eighties, the store was a crucible of talent.
  — Dinitia Smith, Daily Intelligencer, 30 June 2017
• Cara Thulin’s son was facing the crucible of high school.
  — Matt Campbell, kansascity, 2 Sep. 2017
• Such was the crucible in which the computers were forged.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2022
• After the last pour finished, the crucible was set aside to cool.
  — Angella D’avignon, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024
• This was in South Wales, which is very much a crucible of the labor movement.
  — Eric Johnson, Vox, 8 July 2019
• In the weeks since, the Spurs have grown up, gained confidence and learned how to function in the crucible of the fourth quarter, even on the road.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Dec. 2021
• The recording studio as the crucible of creative dreams figures in a lot of plays and movies.
  — Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• My left hand is outstretched with a mug of tea; my right cradles a crucible of crunch.
  — Stephen Lurie, Bon Appétit, 4 June 2021
• Yet even in the crucible that was 1968, cooler heads prevailed.
  — Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• The debate over that conflict was the crucible in which IfNotNow was born.
  — Abraham Riesman, Daily Intelligencer, 12 July 2018
• When the crucibles cooled, ingots of pure steel lay inside.
  — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2018
• The crucible of work, service and fishing led Karch to form a group that now is the focus of his life: Learn 2 Fish with Us.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2023
• And today, the whole thing is playing out in the white-hot crucible of social media.
  — Daniel Lee, National Review, 2 Oct. 2019
• For him, the United States invasion was a crucible of loss.
  — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
• Getting to the crucible of change can really be helped through plant medicine.
  — David Moin, WWD, 14 June 2024
• The key was a clay receptacle for the molten metal: a crucible.
  — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2018
• Dixon had been making pencils on the side on a small scale even when crucibles made up most of his business.
  — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2016
• The Rams shot only 6 of 14 from the free throw line in regulation but hit all six of their tries in the crucible of overtime.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2018
• The answer is in his knowing stare during the crucible of the 2019 tournament.
  — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
• And indeed, viewers watch as each of the movie’s principals goes through a crucible of some kind.
  — Steven Zeitchik, latimes.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• The budget has turned into its annual crucible, putting a lot on the line for Marten.
  — Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 June 2017
• In other words, he was not exactly pegged to be a guy the Jazz could count on when the playoff crucible came around.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2020
• Some memoirs look deeply inward, examining how the self is formed in the crucible of the world.
  — Kate Tuttle, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2019
• This year might have looked very different for BTS if their bond hadn’t been forged in the crucible of those early years.
  — Lenika Cruz, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2020
• Perhaps Holabird’s most lasting impact was as the crucible in which the Jeep was forged.
  — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2022
• Each has exhibited strengths and frailties in the current crucible.
  — Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2020
• Such is the nature of leading the transformation from an unacceptable status quo to a better future, without passing through the crucible of war once again.
  — Vincent Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2021

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024