stoked

Example Sentences

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The confrontational Portnoy seems to intuit that controversies aren’t to be softened but stoked, even staged, for more attention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

A third-party report recently stoked fears about memory pricing, according to Mizuho’s O’Regan.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

The British number one had finally succumbed to Croatia's Donna Vekic in a slow-burning Queen's final, unable to save a fifth Championship point and continue a match which she had admirably stoked into a scrap.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Belfast steeled itself Wednesday for a second night of violence directed at immigrants in Northern Ireland, unrest that authorities say is being stoked by far-right activists on social media.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

If she stoked it up—and hung a curtain across the pantry door—the cookstove in the kitchen should keep her warm enough.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson