Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enkindle
Verb
  • Thick smoke of burning incense penetrates the room, perfuming everything sacred.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.
    Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 13 Sep. 2023
Verb
  • Officials said both fires were ignited by human activity and neither were contained as of Monday night.
    ASSOCIATED PRESS, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
  • This is particularly the case in healthcare, where a singular experience ignites a passion to fix a very real problem.
    Mark Francis, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Why not just accept that this coastline is kindling and move on?
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • With the same milky blue water as the Blue Lagoon and a fraction of the crowd, these are the hot springs of your dreams, fed from a bore hole at a scorching 266 degrees before the water cools to between 96 and 104 degrees.
    Maggie Fuller, AFAR Media, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Hedges hit his ninth and tenth home runs of the season on Saturday against Indiana, continuing his scorching start to the season.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Allergy-proof skin For many of us, the relief of spring’s brighter days is tempered by itchy eyes, a runny nose, and inflamed rosacea patches.
    Victoria Jowett, Refinery29, 1 Apr. 2025
  • There may, though, be aspects which do still inflame Trump's base, which has a staunchly anti-globalization slant.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The lighting illumines each river in brilliantly bright backdrop colors.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The bar was illumined by candles and an uplit line of mostly esoteric liquors along the full-length mirror against the back wall.
    Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Engage Your Senses In a shared office environment, playing loud music or lighting a scented candle is frowned upon.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Think of those who sit in the dark and wait for their time, hoping and waiting for a light to light their path.
    Pamela Avila, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This is part of the GOP's plot to keep the rubes enflamed while the party continues to cut taxes for the billionaires and sets its sights on Social Security and Medicare.
    Randy Dotinga, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
  • Others laws have enflamed fears of censorship, too.
    Douglas Soule, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
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“Enkindle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enkindle. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.

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