How to Use inflame in a Sentence

inflame

verb

• His angry speech inflamed the mob.
• His comments have inflamed an already tense situation.
• Plaque buildup can inflame the gums and lead to gum disease.
  — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Sep. 2024
• Throat The throat will be red and inflamed in a person with oral thrush.
  — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
• Your voice may be hoarse, and your throat may be sore, inflamed, or painful.
  — Sherri Gordon, Health, 1 Sep. 2024
• Having inflamed breakouts on the body can come with a side of heat.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 May 2023
• If the stye is large enough, the surrounding area may be swollen and inflamed as well.
  — Chloe Metzger, Allure, 15 Dec. 2023
• The most reliable way to inflame the heart is to bother it with a virus.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 July 2021
• And avoid brushing open sores or any areas of the skin that are scratched or inflamed.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2023
• It’s thought to be caused by damaged or inflamed nerves.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 27 July 2024
• In plantar fasciitis, the tough tissue at the bottom of the foot that connects the heel to the toes is inflamed.
  — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2024
• Some arthritis can become so severe that the joints are inflamed, swollen, and painful to the touch.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
• The patients’ eyes were inflamed with heavy yellow pus that obscured most of the pupil.
  — Mike Stobbe, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023
• 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
• These bites can leave small, flat, or raised areas of skin that are itchy, red, or inflamed.
  — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
• While there is no damage to the bones at this point, the joint lining—called the synovium—is inflamed.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 June 2024
• The person who made a post on Reddit that inflamed the crowd removed it.
  — Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
• Your face is all red and inflamed from removing all that.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• In dozens of countries, claims to foreign land could be used to inflame support for war.
  — Leif Wenar, WSJ, 2 May 2022
• 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
• These infections inflame the alveoli, fine sacs in the deepest portions of the lungs.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2020
• Bronchitis occurs when the airways in the lungs, which are known as the bronchial tubes, become inflamed.
  — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Someone who respects people will tell them the truth, not soothe or inflame them with lies.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2023
• Some may argue it’s being used to inflame some of the issues going on now.
  — Julie Anderson, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Sep. 2020
• Was that what the POA is doing — trying to inflame emotion to support their cause?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2022
• These moves have further inflamed an already deeply riven country and drawn the largest protests in over a decade.
  — Ilan Ben Zion, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2023
• Ditch the tights, shapewear, snug belts and constricting jeans that squeeze your stomach and can inflame acid reflux.
  — Dallas News, 15 Dec. 2022
• The Israel-Hamas war being waged half a world away is inflaming campuses here in the U.S.
  — Nancy Cordes, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2023
• The comments come as tensions between Russia and the West have been inflamed by an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash last week that killed 38 people.
  — Colin Meyn, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2024
• People with open skin lesions, inflamed acne or skin, raised scars, skin cancer, and rosacea should avoid dermaplanning.
  — Carley Millhone, Health, 27 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Jan 2025