kilning

present participle of kiln

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kilning
Verb
  • Even minor parks or embers might be carried into leaves or grass, kindling a fire that can swiftly expand.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There's a lot of kindling around, and there's a lot of like newspapers that can catch on fire.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But that decision has been thwarted by regulations in Flanders, Belgium, which has a ban on incinerating reusable medical devices.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • It's accessed by sliding door and contains a shower and a sink, plus a choice of flushing, composting or incinerating toilet.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • A day after King Charles knighted the soccer legend, 50, at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, the former athlete's wife, Victoria Beckham, shared videos of David lighting backyard fireworks.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The man previously on Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker — before lighting a blaze to destroy key evidence — should be condemned to die, Miami prosecutors told a jury after detailing the slaying on Wednesday morning.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Miley Cyrus After winning the first two Grammys of her nearly 20-year-career in February and igniting the ceremony with the most spirited performance of the night, Cyrus seemed destined to become a permanent fixture on the nominations chart.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Advertisement Far from igniting a baby boom, the White House plan will only slightly decrease costs and fail people who most need IVF to grow their families.
    Madison Chapman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Or was somebody torching tar shingles on a roof somewhere?
    Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In 1992, the Serbian military burned down the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, torching thousands of historic manuscripts.
    Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • By charring scallions and searing steak in the same skillet, every bite builds layers of savory, smoky flavor.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Try roasting or lightly charring them before using in food to bring out richer flavor and color.
    Cathy Cassata, Health, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier Tuesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the country detected North Korea test-firing around 10 rounds of artillery toward its western waters on Monday, shortly before Hegseth arrived at an inter-Korean border village with Ahn to begin his two-day visit to South Korea.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Swinney appeared to joke about Clemson potentially firing him after losing to Duke on Saturday.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Chamberlin Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the National Park Service for three hours.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Kilning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kilning. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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