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

But never, since bright earth was born In rapture of the enkindling morn, Might godlike wrath and sunlike scorn That was and is And shall be while false weeds are worn Find word like his.

From A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

It is always through that Word, as we have already shown, that the Spirit of God operates on the sinful heart, enkindling penitence and begetting faith in Christ.

From The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church by Rhodes, M. (Mosheim)

Attached to arrows and javelins, and in great balls glowing with intensity of flame which water would not quench, it was thrown into the boats of the Russians, enkindling conflagration and exciting terror indescribable.

From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

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)