kilned

past tense of kiln

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kilned
Verb
  • According to the Global Fashion Agenda, that is the equivalent of a garbage truck full of clothing being incinerated or sent to a landfill every second.
    Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In the past decade, California’s most destructive fires incinerated more than fifty-seven thousand homes, commercial properties, and other structures.
    Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Shein’s opening — and the run-up to that — lit a firestorm in France.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Outside, Gray stopped and lit a cigarette while Rockett checked the bus schedule again.
    Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Flames from the crash, shortly before sundown after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, ignited a string of fires in an industrial corridor adjacent to the airport, forcing authorities to halt flight operations through the night, officials said.
    Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The texts ignited a scandal that drew bipartisan condemnation.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Still, the hearing last year that reduced his sentence kindled some optimism.
    Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Hearing his wife recall painful memories due to the family feud kindled a recent memory for Todd, too — an angry one.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Their acquittal sparked the Liberty City riots in 1980, which left 18 dead and swaths of the city torched.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The Arizona transfer torched KU last year, shooting 7-for-11 from the field and dropping 19 points.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The footage from drone cameras shows a large area of industrial Louisville charred and blackened from smoke and fire damage.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Add the white and pale green scallion pieces, cooking and stirring occasionally until the scallions are slightly charred, about 3 minutes.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The controversy further inflamed tensions in Paris over Shein’s plan to open its first-ever brick-and-mortar location in a department store this week.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But local police officers testified the protests in the city recently have been mostly peaceful and the presence of federal officers has inflamed tensions.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Fortunately, the skin is edible and can be eaten when cooked properly.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 5 Nov. 2025
  • For leafy greens like spinach, about two cups raw equals one cup once cooked, since the spinach leaves shrink considerably during cooking.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Kilned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kilned. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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