stoke up

Example Sentences

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Analysts and economists have pushed back against the scenarios laid out in the report, but Block’s drastic job cuts will likely stoke up those fears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Keynes begged them to go down the first path, and warned that if they went down the second, it would simply stoke up more hatred and lead to World War II.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

A no-layoff tradition, even during the Great Recession, means Nucor can keep trained workers who are ready to stoke up when demand picks up.

From New York Times • May 11, 2017

Elsewhere, all the festive season provides is a furnace to stoke up tension.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2013

Brave Orchid rubbed the slender hands, blew on the fingers, tried to stoke up the flicker- ings.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston