How to Use "crucible" with Example Sentences

1. This was the crucible in which modern drinking culture was formed .
2. Now , all we need to do is to melt the powder in a crucible .
3. The middle east is still the crucible of islam : so much that affects american diplomacy around the rest of the world , from pakistan to indonesia , nigeria , and even the suburbs of paris , has its starting point here .
4. The region is the crucible of france 's traditional heavy industry : people have been making iron in lorraine for more than 300 years .
5. France 's anxiety is that , if nothing is done , the sahel might become a crucible for islamist terrorism .