enkindling

Example Sentences

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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 Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

He excelled all men whom I have ever known in the teaching profession for enkindling among his pupils an ardent zeal in their literary pursuits.

From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon

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 Buckland, E. S. Lang

Time flies rapidly and carries with it, at every moment, a spark of the enkindling fires of love.

From The Barber of Paris by Kock, Charles Paul de