kindling

Example Sentences

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We matter as much to him as a firestorm cares about kindling.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

California has tens of millions of dead trees to serve as kindling for the next mega-fire, yet no single entity has sufficient authority or resources to address the threat.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

Every year, they brought in hundreds of goats to clear brush, which can be like kindling for any fire, throughout the community.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2024

Among the tasks: fabricating plastic Christmas trees, building garden sheds, ripping pallets into kindling, and sorting metal in the junkyard.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024

The base of its body reattached itself to different shadows and detached from previous ones, like fire moving from kindling to kindling.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young