inflame

Example Sentences

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The excess industrial capacity probe targets the European Union, China, Japan, India and others, and could inflame tensions with those trading partners.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

If one spouse exerts control and the other is disengaged or kept out of the loop, filing tax returns can inflame tensions and drive a wedge into the relationship.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

"But their intervention when it came did little more than inflame tensions," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

This involves the buildup of dense, fibrous tissue around the tumor, made up of cells and proteins that stiffen and inflame the area.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026

Rutherford had once been a famous caricaturist, whose brutal cartoons had helped to inflame popular opinion before and during the Revolution.

From "1984" by George Orwell