enkindling
Example Sentences
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He ran the match crackling along the underside of the table and fell to enkindling his cigar.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
He excelled all men whom I have ever known in the teaching profession for enkindling among his pupils an ardent zeal in their literary pursuits.
From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon
If we seek the enkindling fire and the moral elevation of high principle and profound conviction and resolute courage, we find a never-ceasing inspiration in the unfaltering earnestness and imperishable deeds of the Pilgrim Fathers.
From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various
Obstinate he stands, More raging at remonstrance; and his ire Restrain'd, increases; goading more and more; Restraint itself enkindling more his rage.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
It is always through that Word, as we have already shown, that the Spirit of God operates on the sinful heart, enkindling penitence and begetting faith in Christ.
From The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church by Rhodes, M. (Mosheim)
