Example sentences for: volcanic

How can you use “volcanic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This is Calton Hill, built around 100 m (328 ft) of hard volcanic rock, and its monuments and architecture are said to have been responsible for Edinburgh’s epithet “Athens of the North. ”

  • Ironically, much of the optimism that life could exist in Europa's ocean arises from the recent discovery that microbes are thriving in an even less hospitable environment: volcanic vents on the Earth's ocean floor.

  • While Pompeii was incinerated by volcanic cinders, a minimum of 20 m (65 ft) of ash and mud swamped Herculaneum, hardening and covering the houses in a protective crust that kept upper stories and even some of the woodwork intact.

  • Kyushu is also the most volcanic of Japan’s islands, famous for its flourishing hot-spring resorts and several active volcanoes.

  • As the road rises, the rugged countryside becomes spectacularly barren, though plunging volcanic hillsides have been softened and greened by time.


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