kindle
Example Sentences
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A gift of screenwriting software from girlfriend Zinzi -- now his wife, production partner and mother of their three children -- further kindled his ambition.
From Barron's
In Andrew’s case, any sizable number of individual conversations with the man would have kindled a wildfire of republicanism.
Pulling one side was his anger and resentment of Maya-Jade, of everything, and pulling the other side the small, comforting swell of warmth the words doing well had kindled within him.
From Literature
Togbe placed them carefully on our pile of firewood, which began to kindle and smoke.
From Literature
The author visits public and charter schools, meeting teachers who despair at their inability to kindle even the slightest interest in young people whose curiosity has been extinguished by the internet.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
