variants
or less commonly caldron
1
: a large kettle or boiler
2
: something resembling a boiling cauldron in intensity or degree of agitation
a cauldron of intense emotions
Examples of cauldron in a Sentence
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From afar, at night, in the mist, the light transformed the fortress into an immense cauldron steaming with pale smoke.
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CBS News, 26 Apr. 2024
And in the first three years of Mr. Biden’s presidency, the Middle East seemed relatively calm, until the Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis, upended his priorities and plunged the White House back into a familiar cauldron.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Cooler heads may prevail in the White House, though the Biden administration has to walk a tricky tightrope, with the storms of domestic politics on one side and bubbling cauldron of the Middle East on the other.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
Reminders of the 2002 Winter Games are nestled throughout the city, from a towering cauldron overlooking the valley to an Olympic emblem stamped on manhole covers downtown.
—Hannah Schoenbaum, Quartz, 10 Apr. 2024
The slowly bubbling cauldron gradually perfumes the air through the night, spreading through the sleeping house like an open secret.
—Benjamin Dubow, Longreads, 20 Feb. 2024
These ceramic mugs are available in the shape of the ghost, pumpkin, black cat, mummy, skull, and cauldron, ensuring each shopper will find their preferred Halloween-appropriate shape.
—Grace Smith, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2023
Add a cauldron and your kids will have their own pot of gold at the end of the game.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2024
Toss all the deficiencies into a cauldron — the inefficiency, the lack of toughness, the floundering finishes and the talent that doesn’t translate to victories — and the result is an undeniable, enduring mediocrity.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
CBS News, 26 Apr. 2024
And in the first three years of Mr. Biden’s presidency, the Middle East seemed relatively calm, until the Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis, upended his priorities and plunged the White House back into a familiar cauldron.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
Cooler heads may prevail in the White House, though the Biden administration has to walk a tricky tightrope, with the storms of domestic politics on one side and bubbling cauldron of the Middle East on the other.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
Reminders of the 2002 Winter Games are nestled throughout the city, from a towering cauldron overlooking the valley to an Olympic emblem stamped on manhole covers downtown.
—Hannah Schoenbaum, Quartz, 10 Apr. 2024
The slowly bubbling cauldron gradually perfumes the air through the night, spreading through the sleeping house like an open secret.
—Benjamin Dubow, Longreads, 20 Feb. 2024
These ceramic mugs are available in the shape of the ghost, pumpkin, black cat, mummy, skull, and cauldron, ensuring each shopper will find their preferred Halloween-appropriate shape.
—Grace Smith, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2023
Add a cauldron and your kids will have their own pot of gold at the end of the game.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2024
Toss all the deficiencies into a cauldron — the inefficiency, the lack of toughness, the floundering finishes and the talent that doesn’t translate to victories — and the result is an undeniable, enduring mediocrity.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
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“Cauldron.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cauldron. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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