tinder

Example Sentences

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The Cowork plug-ins were like a match on dry tinder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Neither side is sitting still—and the steps they are taking to shore up their longer-term resilience will likely provide tinder for flare-ups.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

“The tinder was there for something like Friday to occur,” said Mike Thompson, co-portfolio manager at Little Harbor Advisors.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

Knowing there is already a wealth of tinder, the skippers will not want sparks to fly - certainly until the contest finally gets under way on Friday morning.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

He used gasoline in the lighter and it burned with a frail blue flame and he bent and set the tinder alight and watched the fire climb upward through the wicker of limbs.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy