- present participle of inflame.
inflaming
Example Sentences
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“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
The outgoing United Nations refugee chief fears an increasingly fragmented world is fuelling global conflicts and crises, and inflaming hostility towards people desperately fleeing for safety.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
The pattern is familiar: Elites hesitate to name antisemitism clearly for fear of inflaming tensions, only to discover that ambiguity emboldens extremists rather than restraining them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
The Liverpool coach did not delve too much into the specifics, insisting that his conversation with Salah was short, but he said enough to explain the situation without inflaming it any further.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
The sun was a blood-red ball hovering outside his window, inflaming his eyes as he kept up a lookout for Africa on the horizon.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
