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
I ask God to augment thy faith, certainty, steadfastness and firmness, that thus thou mayest be a cause for enkindling the fire of the love of God in the hearts of the maid-servants of God.
From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá
He had the cool judgment, she the enkindling enthusiasm.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"Oh, for the art to petrify it!" he added, with an expressive gesture, the furore of the artist rapidly enkindling.
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Henry Lunettes
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
