tinder
Example Sentences
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Heavy rainfall followed by extreme heat created the perfect tinder, as flames spread through regions of France and Spain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The unprecedented fires in France and Spain were fuelled by forests left tinder dry by successive heatwaves since May.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
But the mixture of "tinder dry" pine and intense heat helped upend things on day five when the family was awoken on Friday morning.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Blankfein added that the long period without a financial crisis cleansing process meant ”you accumulate tinder on the floor of the forest and eventually a spark will come.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
It was crowded with abandoned quills, a rusty tinder box, and a few coins and pound notes, which I was sore tempted to take.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing tinder
Inferno Lingo: Fire Vocabulary
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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