How to Use lava in a Sentence

lava

noun
Definition of lavanext
  • Most of the caves formed from the flow of ancient lava.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2024
  • Here is drone footage of the lava reaching the ocean, last week.
    — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The lava rocks helped to disperse the flames that dance 2 to 3-inches above them.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The Holei Sea Arch is made from lava flow from 550 years ago.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
  • Add a few drops of the essential oils to the lava rock, and just breathe.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The future of malls may be dark, but Spencer’s sees a lava light at the end of the tunnel.
    — Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The red kind are the ones that spew showers of lava and look perilous.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The tide went out, and there was nothing but lava rocks.
    — Sarah Grant, SPIN, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The lava eruptions reached 164 feet high and the length of the fissure was around 2 miles, the agency said.
    — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 29 May 2024
  • Since then, the fountain heights (the bursts of lava) have decreased and now range from 13 to 30 feet high.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2023
  • Off-cuts and bolt ends were piled on tables, spilling to the floor in some places like lava.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2021
  • At the end of November, an eruption sent a flow of lava down the side of the volcano.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Get ready to glow in this clever, DIY lava lamp costume.
    — Chloe Gorman, Country Living, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Next, use it to crack your box and find out whether lava or sand is inside.
    — Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2022
  • All of the homes in the area were built on bedrock, and many have lava rock accents in their landscaping.
    — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 18 June 2024
  • Streams of lava flowed down from the top and could be seen from nearby Catania, Italy.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2022
  • That's true, a lava rock could come flying at any point.
    — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Kilauea's lava, though, is confined to a small pond near the top and not gushing down the side.
    — Aya Elamroussi and Taylor Romine, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022
  • But there seemed a lava flow inside him that would not be easy to reckon with.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The lava was about 450 meters from the town, officials said.
    — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Plains of hardened lava — the mare, or seas, of basalt — cover vast swaths of the surface, mostly on the near side.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 12 July 2023
  • One of the most unique features of Adams is its long lava flows, some of which reached ~6 miles from Adams summit.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2024
  • Local news footage showed lava and smoke pouring out of a fissure in the ground.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 16 July 2023
  • One of the places where sulfur lava flows seem to be more common is the Andes of northern Chile.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • Hours later, a second fissure opened near the edge of town and lava crept toward the homes.
    — Marco Di Marco, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Choose one room to play in and design stepping stones to help the teams make it across the space without touching the lava.
    — Essence, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The mix is made with small Monterey pine bark, medium pumice rock, and small red lava rock.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The whole senior class, along with my two daughters who went on the trip, were standing on top of lava.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The course itself is gorgeous, running through fields of black lava rocks with views of the surrounding red cliffs.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2024
  • In the summer and fall (and as conditions allow), visitors can go caving in two of the lava tube caves.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2024

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