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For the Paris premiere, Kardashian wore an icy blue, body-hugging gown from Christian Dior’s spring 2000 collection by John Galliano—and later that night, slipped into a molten gold corset from Alexander McQueen’s summer 1997 Givenchy couture collection to celebrate her 45th birthday.—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025 The most recent eruption occurred in June, spewing thick clouds of gas and molten rock as high as 4 miles into the air at some points.—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025 Each evening, glass artist Jason Mack and his team will invite visitors to take part in drizzling molten glass onto a spinning steel frame to create the giant Christmas tree.—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025 The deep crater of the volcano now filled with water sits atop the still-active magma column of molten rock.—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for molten
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from past participle of melten to melt
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