How to Use inflame in a Sentence

inflame

verb
  • His angry speech inflamed the mob.
  • His comments have inflamed an already tense situation.
  • Your voice may be hoarse, and your throat may be sore, inflamed, or painful.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 1 Sep. 2024
  • The movie coming out is made in order to inflame and cause chaos.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Having inflamed breakouts on the body can come with a side of heat.
    — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 May 2023
  • Throat The throat will be red and inflamed in a person with oral thrush.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • These bites can leave small, flat, or raised areas of skin that are itchy, red, or inflamed.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • The area will get inflamed for 3 to 4 days, and soon resolve.
    — Dr. Carlos Wolf, miamiherald, 18 May 2018
  • And avoid brushing open sores or any areas of the skin that are scratched or inflamed.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • If the stye is large enough, the surrounding area may be swollen and inflamed as well.
    — Chloe Metzger, Allure, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The skin may often appear inflamed or scaly.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • The most reliable way to inflame the heart is to bother it with a virus.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 July 2021
  • That acidity can inflame your gut lining and lead to leaky gut.
    — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • It is caused when ducts from eccrine sweat glands that lead to the skin’s surface are blocked or inflamed.
    — Matthew Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The skin may blister and the eyes inflame, the stomach knot up and the bowels loosen.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The Kharg strike is now threatening to inflame those even more.
    — Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Diehards were inflamed that their sexless music was linked to sexy dark romance clips.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 25 June 2026
  • In dozens of countries, claims to foreign land could be used to inflame support for war.
    — Leif Wenar, WSJ, 2 May 2022
  • Running on it, bullpen sessions, pitching in the game let it get inflamed.
    — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 2 June 2018
  • The walls of his carotid arteries had thickened and were inflamed.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The patients’ eyes were inflamed with heavy yellow pus that obscured most of the pupil.
    — Mike Stobbe, Fortune Well, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Someone who respects people will tell them the truth, not soothe or inflame them with lies.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Her gallbladder and liver, which used to be inflamed, are now healthy.
    — Rachel Flynn, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • And the crucible of Kira’s birth inflamed me.
    — Jimmy Wales, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Some arthritis can become so severe that the joints are inflamed, swollen, and painful to the touch.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Some may argue it’s being used to inflame some of the issues going on now.
    — Julie Anderson, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The person who made a post on Reddit that inflamed the crowd removed it.
    — Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • And instead of seeking to heal and unite, too many in our nation seek to inflame and divide.
    — Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2020
  • People are too casual to throw out terms that inflame others, weak minds.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • My scalp is less dry and inflamed, and my curls are thoroughly moisturized.
    — Dana Oliver, Parents, 30 June 2026

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