kindling

But in those circumstances, short sellers provide dry kindling for a conflagration because when the stock jumps, they race to buy it at any price and return borrowed shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

An ash tree in my yard dropped a limb and reduced my fence to kindling.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

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

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026

Last month, Unesco recognised it as a Creative City of Gastronomy - adding it to a select list of global cities and kindling hopes that it will spotlight Lucknow's sublime food.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025

I heard her make the fire grow and sing with the kindling she fed it.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Their previous album, II, had kindlings of groove but Multi-Love is lit up by it like a fairground at night.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2015

Which of the following natural fine kindlings will not reliably ignite?

From Time Magazine Archive

Cut into pieces, the apple tree can be carpentered into a table, or at the least its kindlings will give off a splendid flame.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was so interested in imagining the piles and piles of kindlings she would cut that she forgot to listen to what Mother and Daddy said next.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

There was a sawhorse, and there were three different-sized woodpiles, one of big pieces, one of middle-sized pieces, and one of little pieces for kindlings, all ranked perfectly.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen