How to Use kindle in a Sentence

kindle

verb
  • And that's kindling both great hopes and intense fears.
    — Rob Stein, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Which kindling splitter is best?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
  • There's a lot of kindling around, and there's a lot of like newspapers that can catch on fire.
    — Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In the same story, Faith does not brew a pot of coffee but kindles it.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2023
  • But events conspire to kindle a tiny, perhaps delirious spark of hope.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 June 2026
  • But, as with many of life’s losses, there can be a point where the desire to kindle a new friendship emerges.
    — Mariashines, cleveland, 24 July 2023
  • Size Most, but not all, kindling splitters feature a hoop on top that helps hold the log in place.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
  • The drought and near-record temperatures dried out the lush scrub, turning it to kindling.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Nation brings to the table enough moxie to kindle a climb up the player rankings.
    — Kyle Kelly, cleveland, 28 May 2021
  • Results like this have kindled strong interest in smart carts on the part of grocers worldwide.
    — Gil Press, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Still, the hearing last year that reduced his sentence kindled some optimism.
    — Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The fires that tore through the neighborhoods of Lahaina picked up speed as homes became kindling amid flames and high winds.
    — Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2026
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Shape is a digital tool engineered to kindle the flames of the creative prowess.
    — Kristen Lynch, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Traders and investors are laser-focused on the inflation being kindled by higher oil prices.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • These movies create on-screen worlds that kindle positive emotions while offering a few laughs.
    — S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Hearing his music in 2020 can kindle a glimmer of hope for our grim future.
    — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2020

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