kindling

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

But just as some trees and plants withstood the Eaton and Palisades fires, others went up like kindling.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 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

He could break me in his hands like a kindling stick.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss