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Example sentences for "extinct volcano"

  • When we speak of an extinct volcano we do not mean that the volcano will never again become active.

  • The town is built on the eastern coast, in what is probably the crater of an extinct volcano, and is surrounded by precipitous rocks that form an admirable natural defence.

  • The town lies at the foot of an extinct volcano, the Montagne St Loup, and is built of black volcanic basalt, which gives it a gloomy appearance.

  • It is an extinct volcano, rising 2989 ft.

  • It occupied the crater of an extinct volcano, 4 m.

  • But this time, instead of Snaefell, an extinct volcano, we were inside one in full activity.

  • Because this crater is evidently filled with lava and burning rocks, and therefore--" "But suppose it is an extinct volcano?

  • Moreover, in the neighbourhood of an extinct volcano, through gneiss, it has been observed that the increase of a degree is only attained at every 125 feet.

  • I preferred to admit in truth, that this chimney of an extinct volcano, lined with lavas, which are non-conductors of heat, did not suffer the heat to pass through its walls.

  • Hakone Lake is three thousand feet above the sea, and probably lies in the crater of an extinct volcano.

  • Antisana is crowned with a double dome, and is described as an extinct volcano, though Humboldt saw smoke issuing from it in 1802.

  • Atacatzo is an extinct volcano, with nothing noteworthy in its appearance and history.

  • It is considered to be an extinct volcano because it makes the plumb-line deviate only 7" to 8", from which it is deduced that the mountain is hollow.

  • Illustration: In Crater of Extinct Volcano, digging for Sulphur.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    absolute power; brass tube; brought him; but our; coming again; distinct plant; extinct animals; extinct genus; extinct order; extinct species; extinct volcano; extinct volcanoes; flesh pale; found nothing; hast thou; laughed again; long speech; military officer; private ship; returned back; small distance from the; took occasion; tremendous fire; warm milk; when they had gone; where she