enkindle

His father gave him lessons about it but then stopped: “He could not enkindle in the heart of the child what was ashes in his own.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021

Minardi fought to enkindle the Catholic faith in youth — and he never gave up for the 70 years he was Ozzano’s parish priest, until coronavirus killed him at 94.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2020

Friendly and exuberant “Let your wisdom enkindle others” “Looking forward for an everlasting scientific relationship!”

From Nature ● Dec. 13, 2016

That he could not enkindle in the heart of the child what was ashes in his own.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Can thine eyes enkindle so suddenly another's heart, and yet shed no warmth on thine own?

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby

The settings, enkindled by Jennifer Tipton’s lighting, are sketched against a lyrical, abstract background.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

For in the light of later events, the protest of 1837 showed an enkindled soul that in the goodness of time thrilled the land with a second edition of the Declaration of Independence.

From Lincoln, the Politician by T. Aaron Levy

The fire in those beautiful eyes enkindled the stern cruelty of the man.

From Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

His wrath A flame enkindled in His eyes of light, Ere He, to ward the threatened blow, gave charge Unto this expedition.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Joost van den Vondel

But the young man's pride was touched and his wrath enkindled.

From Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge

He ran the match crackling along the underside of the table and fell to enkindling his cigar.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

Plutarch's Lives of Ancient Heroes has perhaps been more influential than any other uninspired book in invigorating genius and in enkindling a passion for great achievements.

From Henry IV, Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

M.I.E.E., who had the rare gift of enkindling the imagination of his pupils.

From Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose

Now, as then, there was a curious blending of principle and of personal resentment, but the issue presented was less enkindling than the sentiment of resistance to the aggressions of slavery.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James Gillespie Blaine

In this poem we find the sympathy and the grace of Gray and Wordsworth with a greater warmth and a glow that is enkindling.

From Oliver Goldsmith by E. S. Lang Buckland