Ron Carlson

The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which we live. No good guys, no bad guys, just guys: that is, people bearing up in the crucible of their days and certainly not always - if ever - capable of articulating their condition.

American Novelist

Michael Porter

As minorities and other immigrant groups become more important to our economy, the inner city is a crucible that gives us an early look at phenomena that are going to be spreading more broadly in the economy over time.

American Educator

Paul Kalanithi

While all doctors treat diseases, neurosurgeons' work is the crucible of identity. Every operation on the brain is, by necessity, a manipulation of the substance of our selves.

American Writer

Donald Johanson

When we look for the origins of all humanity today, let's not just look at Europe, because I think Africa was the cradle, the crucible that created us as Homo sapiens.

American Scientist

Steve Buyer

Men and women whose early youth was shaped in the ordeal of the Great Depression showed the values formed in that crucible when tyranny threatened a world.

American Politician

David Goggins

Before you start a goal - let's take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you're suffering.

American Athlete

Elvis Mitchell

Berry was a transitional and, to my mind, revolutionary black figure who had to find a place for the rage that the crucible of racism created.

American Critic

Tony Robbins

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

American Speaker

Bruce Babbitt

Look, this job has always been a crucible of conflict.

Geoffrey West

British Physicist

The word 'crucible' refers to a container's ability to withstand extreme temperatures, often in scientific or industrial settings.

High Heat Resistance

Crucibles are usually made from materials like ceramic or metal, each chosen for their heat-resistant qualities.

Material Specificity

'Crucible' is often used in a technical or scientific context, less so in everyday conversation.

Technical Term

In a non-literal sense, 'crucible' symbolizes a challenging situation that tests endurance or character.

Metaphorical Use

When used metaphorically, 'crucible' implies that the experience will cause significant personal growth or change.

Transformative Experience

The term 'crucible' might be used to reference the famous play by Arthur Miller, which reflects on the nature of trial and accusation.

Literary Allusion

A 'crucible' can signify a place where different cultures or ideas come together to create something new.

Cultural Melting Pot

It suggests a dynamic place or situation where creative forces collide to innovate or invent.

Creative Synergy

The word implies diversity in elements and their interaction in a contributory or positive manner.

Contextual Diversity

 that we've been looking at the blue ocean, and it's a crucible of blue, and these animals living there for millions of years have been evolving all sorts of ways to take in that blue light and give off other colors. And here's just a little sample of what this secret world looks like. It's like an underwater light show.

Glow-in-the-dark sharks...

 So the complexity of this system that we're looking at, the one driven by the sun -- upper portion, mostly -- and the lower portion is partly driven by the input from heat below and by other processes. This is very, very important because this is the system, this is the crucible,

John Delaney: Wiring an...

 and we're going to be doing that individually and we're going to be doing that collectively. I think of the shoots of small trees that can only come up after massive forest fires, where seed pods have to explode under great heat. We're in a kind of crucible moment right now,

It's OK to feel...

 genetically harder than our ancestors were ten thousand years ago this increase in life expectancy is the remarkable product of culture the crucible that holds science and technology and wide-scale changes in behavior that improve health and

Older people are happier...

 This increase in life expectancy is the remarkable product of culture -- the crucible that holds science and technology and wide-scale changes in behavior that improve health and well-being.

Laura Carstensen: Older...

 The greatest way to mask a shaky sense of self is to hide behind a false air of respect. Sitting in circle resembles sitting in a fire. It is a crucible that can and does break.

How I unlearned...

 are thinking swords belong to the aristocracy they're very expensive piece of technology a charcoal furnace heats a crucible containing tin and copper to form molten bronze

The Sword Excalibur PIPE...

 this B crucible of ski mountaineering in North America if all goes well we'll get up there tomorrow right now looks good if we were up there right now I bet we'd

These Mountains Cannot...

 Cities are the crucible of civilization. They have been expanding, urbanization has been expanding, at an exponential rate in the last 200 years

Geoffrey West: The...

 wild young man nobody's ever ready for any type of crucible or test like that