kindling

Example Sentences

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In both finance and manufacturing, risks accumulated like kindling until an unexpected spark ignited a conflagration.

From Washington Post

Men scavenged the nearby hills for as much kindling as they could carry.

From New York Times

Leaders from all sides agreed that the growing disenfranchisement among young people in Leicester’s South Asian community could become kindling for extremist views to take root.

From New York Times

Fire season came late to Washington this year, which makes folks here luckier than people in much of the West, where dry forests have been burning like kindling for much of the summer.

From Seattle Times

Some substituted egg trays for cow dung, or omitted the plastic bags, but no matter the kindling, the goal was the same: to repel mosquitoes by means of smoke and other toxic fumes.

From Salon