enkindling

Example Sentences

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He ran the match crackling along the underside of the table and fell to enkindling his cigar.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

From the first moment of beholding you, I felt love for you enkindling my heart, I became aware of an unknown happiness.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

What then are you in the sight of God, that you are surrounded by such enkindling darts?

From Peter the Priest by Jókai, Mór

Now that, Margaret, was the moment when the mighty spark of love fell upon my soul, and it will gather strength, and, enkindling flame after flame, will continue to burn there for ever.

From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

The Dependent Fellowship of a school makes these larger, enkindling, and diversifying influences peculiarly possible.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman