Sentence example with the word 'kindle'

kindle

agitate, blow the coals, enliven, flame, ignite, jolt, perk up, set fire to, stir the blood, touch off, work into

Definition v. catch fire

Last update: July 2, 2015


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It is very wrong to kindle false hopes in anybody.   [verb]

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His nonsense talk kindled her anger.   [verb]

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She struck a light, kindled her match, and lighted a candle, the sick man's eyes following all her movements, but his lips mute.   [verb]

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What images does singing of the atoning blood of Jesus kindle in the mind of a child.   [verb]

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An enforced layoff is exactly what is needed to re-kindle my enthusiasm.   [verb]

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On this a mighty fire had been kindled, from which flames and sweet odors rose towards heaven.   [verb]

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The shrunken face of the good man kindled visibly, and he clasped his hands with force.   [verb]

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Out of the windows of the Senate House the soldiers threw chairs into the Square for fuel and kindled fires there.   [verb]

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His first work, Britannia, a Latin history of England, has been called "the common sun whereat our modern writers have all kindled their little torches."   [verb]

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And now they are to pay double taxes, as if it was a sure thing their faggots kindled the blaze.   [verb]

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