How to Use enflame in a Sentence

enflame

verb
  • In fact, your erotic desire may become enflamed.
    Kyle Thomas, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • These dangerous actions only serve to further enflame tensions and further disrupt global supply chains.
    Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
  • Hollywood these days feels really fearful of enflaming conservative ire.
    David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
  • His advice was not taken by CPAC organizers, and such tensions were enflamed prominently.
    Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The killing of the Turning Point USA co-founder has enflamed social media and cable news shows in recent days, with both Republicans and Democrats blaming one another for a growing trend of political violence and toxic discourse.
    Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Hamas’ sudden attack on October 7, 2023, marked the deadliest day in Israeli history, sparking a war that has enflamed regional tempers and set off a regional conflict involving Iran and its allies operating on seven fronts.
    Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025

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