kindling

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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.

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“My niece Penelope has an affliction of the foot,” she said, shooting me a look that could have set fire to kindling wood.

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