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
Now that, Margaret, was the moment when the mighty spark of love fell upon my soul, and it will gather strength, and, enkindling flame after flame, will continue to burn there for ever.
From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
Thus ending, on the shrine he heap'd a spire Of teeming sweets, enkindling sacred fire; Anon he stain'd the thick and spongy sod With wine, in honour of the shepherd-god.
From Endymion A Poetic Romance by John Keats
We then feel how different is our own lonely prayer from the united voice of many hearts; each cheering, strengthening, enkindling the other.
From The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps by Thomas Arnold
The one is necessary for the soaring intellect; the other for the rousing and enkindling of tremendous and indomitable motive-power.
From The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga by A. P. Mukerji
