inflaming

Example Sentences

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The department has been using data to focus efforts on violent offenders, gun crimes and repeat offenders—attacking serious crime without inflaming backlash against police, O’Hara has said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

“It serves no purpose other than inflaming the situation. No one is going to convince the other. The only communication should be the officers issuing commands.”

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026

Lithuania shut its border with Belarus in October after dozens of balloons loaded with illegal cigarettes entered its airspace, forcing several airports to close and inflaming tensions between the two countries.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” the company said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

“All that...sunlight. It assaults the eye, is what. And it seems to be inflaming the populace.”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill