enflame

Example Sentences

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When rookie Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki signed with the Dodgers this offseason, it enflamed the external worries about their hoarding of talent.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

The raid stoked already enflamed divisions among Lebanese between supporters and opponents of the PLO and other Palestinian factions.

From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Lee’s death further enflamed debate over public safety in San Francisco and its moribund downtown, which has not yet bounced back from the pandemic.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2023

My pregnancy went fairly smoothly, though I did experience a lot of anxiety, which enflamed when the pandemic hit and skyrocketed when there was a bad, scary patch in the 34th week.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2020

The mass shifted and moaned, and, my curiosity enflamed to no small degree, I asked my mentor, “What is it?” and he replied, “It is John Withers, a Customs Inspector.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson