kindle

Example Sentences

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If that doesn’t kindle at least a bit of fear and empathy in your heart, you’re either a mogul or a trust fund baby who has never struggled to pay the bills.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, he said, the world is seeing “the rise of myopic, extremist, resentful and aggressive nationalisms that have kindled conflicts which are not only anachronistic and outdated but even more violent.”

From Seattle Times

The get-together didn’t kindle much bonhomie between the media executives, who had been friendly in the clubby world of TV news.

From New York Times

In San Francisco, it has kindled all these things too, but also a question just as powerful: How do you get a piece of it?

From New York Times

Altman’s foray into psychedelics showcases the buzz that the drugs have kindled in Silicon Valley, with venture capitalists betting millions of dollars that such therapies will transform treatment for mental health disorders and drug addiction.

From Washington Post