kindle

Example Sentences

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The author visits public and charter schools, meeting teachers who despair at their inability to kindle even the slightest interest in young people whose curiosity has been extinguished by the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Hawken hopes to mend that separation by helping people discover the flow of carbon in their daily lives and kindle a sense of wonder about it.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025

“That’s a very statesmanlike response, and a reason to kindle hope, if he hadn’t said it directly into a scoop of mint chip.”

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Nia Gachon, who has lived in Nantes for 18 years, said the arrival of Welsh people in the city will kindle interest in historical links.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2023

My mother was proud of the way she’d managed to simultaneously kindle and snuff my father’s flame, keeping him at a low burn for the duration of a global cataclysm.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides