kindling

Example Sentences

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It was the excess on show on the social media accounts of politicians' children that provided the kindling for Nepal's Gen Z uprising last year.

From BBC

I was out at the woodpile, splitting kindling, when he came sailing out of the henhouse.

From Literature

She dragged some fallen-down branches and driftwood into a pile and used dried palm leaves for kindling.

From Literature

It was easy to find twigs for kindling and he soon had a tepee of twigs built over his leaf pile.

From Literature

Plus, we have a sub—a bald guy with legs like kindling sticks and his name safety-pinned to his shirt like a kindergartener whose mom thought he might forget.

From Literature