tinder

Example Sentences

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Her daughters were out begging for bread; her sons were collecting trash to use as stove tinder.

From Washington Post

New vegetation from the rain will eventually form fresh fire tinder.

From Salon

U.S. officials and analysts worry that Palestinian frustration with a moribund peace process, along with the rise of hard-line Israeli leaders, has created dry tinder that could burst into a major Palestinian uprising.

From New York Times

It's a psychological tinder box as well as a constitutional fixture.

From BBC

If I’m honest I groaned, too — that poor defenseless sapling — even though there’s currently a Christmas tree in the corner of my apartment slowly turning into tinder.

From New York Times