- present participle of stoke.
stoking
Example Sentences
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Another surge in oil prices is stoking inflation concerns and helping force benchmark borrowing costs to multi-month highs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Higher energy prices quickly reverberated through markets, stoking a selloff in government bonds that sent the yield on the 10-year Treasury note—a barometer for borrowing costs—to the highest level of Trump’s second term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Oil prices hit $100 a barrel for the first time since May on Thursday after several days of increases, stoking fears of higher inflation and a lower likelihood of interest rate cuts.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
A broad-based tech selloff accelerated Tuesday as memory-chip stocks retreated, stoking skepticism about the artificial-intelligence trade.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The boy I’d seen in the last dream was stoking the bellows, except he was taller now, almost my age.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
