LAVA in a Sentence

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For LAVA, below is one of 7 sentences:
The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by molten lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.

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 Meanings and Examples of LAVA
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lava
 n.  hot liquid rock from a volcano that becomes solid as it cools
Classic Sentence:
1  Hardened trampled mud, like lava, filled the pig-pen.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  New England mill-towns with the hands living in rows of cottages like blocks of lava.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
3  Each square was a volcano attacked by a cloud; lava contended with lightning.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
Example Sentence:
1  Above their homes, a burning flow of liquid rock has been pushing up from deep in the volcano, sending pieces of lava, tumbling down a gully on the south-east side.
2  The city of Pompeii was destroyed by volcanic ash rather than by molten lava flowing from Mount Vesuvius.
3  Ever present, they absorb the viscous lava of contempo culture through their pores, let it course through their veins ‘til a diffuse plexus of melodies and rhythms form, and then release the bubbly potion onto an unsuspecting audience.
4  The city was entombed in volcanic lava.