How to Use lava in a Sentence

lava

noun

• The lava rocks helped to disperse the flames that dance 2 to 3-inches above them.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Yes, there are lots of hand-wavy ideas about lava tubes and regolith shielding.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
• Some of the structures even have tubes made entirely of lava.
  — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 21 Feb. 2023
• Queen's Bath Queen's Bath is a natural lava stone tide pool that is about the size of a large swimming pool.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
• Just three hours after the eruption began, the crater floor had about 32 feet of new lava within it.
  — Will McGough, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
• There are lava rocks as far as the eye can see, and patches of billowing steam add to the atmosphere.
  — Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
• The moon is covered with hundreds of volcanoes, some of which spew lava dozens of miles into the sky.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
• Bright orange pockets of cheese filled each bite, and crusty, crunchy pieces poured out the sides like a lava waterfall.
  — Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 24 Feb. 2023
• During the initial eruption, fountains of lava spewed from fissures in the Earth.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2023
• Video showed lava spewing from fissures at the crater’s base, but the activity was confined to the crater.
  — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
• If that continued, or if the lava turned to flowed south, Grindavík would be hit within a matter of hours.
  — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
• Please never take anything, whether lava rocks or silversword plants, out of the park.
  — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 29 Dec. 2022
• For a couple weeks in winter, just before sunset, the light hits in such a way that the water glows gold and yellow, like lava.
  — Michael Levitt, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
• The Four Seasons Hualalai has its Nicklaus signature course carved through black lava with lots of ocean frontage.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• The eruption opened up a 2.5-mile-long fissure, sending thousands of cubic feet of lava across the landscape.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
• Landmarks made from coral, lava rock and concrete hollowed out by flames.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• Luckily, the lay of the land around the new fissure channeled most of the fresh lava into an unpopulated area to the east.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
• The orange glow of lava was visible from the capital city of Reykjavík, about 30 miles away from the eruption.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
• In those days, people used white coral stones to spell out messages against the dark-as-onyx lava, and these inscriptions flanked the highway that led us to the resort.
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2023
• Once in contact with the lava, the snow and vice would instantly melt, flood over the slopes of the mountain in torrential mudslides called lahars.
  — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
• The lake's water comes from lava tubes that connect it to the ocean, so this downright gorgeous swimming hole never dries out.
  — Melissa Locker, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2023
• Fireweed seeds are easily destroyed by the heart of a fire or volcanic lava.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024