kindle

Example Sentences

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His campaign for DA focused heavily on his personal biography and the desire for prosecutorial reform it had kindled.

From BBC

But this was different, as it kindled in the city a level of terror that other communities had faced amid recurring mass shootings but Nashville had not.

From New York Times

The proposals also have kindled fury and resistance from teachers unions and their Democratic Party allies, who note the lump sum isn’t enough to cover most private schools.

From Washington Times

His love of human portraits was kindled by the French painter Ingres, whose influence became “an irrepressible force in my life,” Tunberg says.

From Los Angeles Times

“Marxist revolution kindled the whole university with its fervor, shaking it to its very foundations,” Benedict wrote in his memoirs.

From New York Times