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kindled

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verb

past tense of kindle

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Recent Examples of kindled
Verb
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 Anhedönia’s earliest exposure to contemporary culture came in the form of the true-crime serials her grandmother loved, which kindled her own interest in the macabre. Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kindled
Adjective
  • Please tell me the sequel could answer the most burning question of the ’00s: How could Austin not recognize Sam in that mask?
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Cooper, 30, asked Hargitay one more burning question about the actors' on-screen alter egos: will Olivia and Elliot ever end up together?
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Staub’s casserole dish makes cold spots and burnt edges a thing of the past by delivering delicious results with every bake.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
  • These World War I ships were deliberately burnt and sunk in the late 1920s, and have also become rich habitats for both marine and seabird life including ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) and Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Competition, passive-aggressive zingers and hard feelings turn their relationship into a flaming hot mess.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Firemen spoke of seeing tenants sitting outside flaming buildings with their belongings neatly arranged beside them.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • After nearly a week of silence following his suspension by Disney, Kimmel is expected to address the controversy head-on—an event that’s drawn national attention and ignited a free speech debate.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Both ignited my fantasies of what America could be, though my own American life bore no resemblance to either.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Powdery mildew coats the leaves of roses and zinnias, blazing heat withers your veggies, and weeds are the only plants that seem to be thriving.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
  • And while hotel pizzas are typically nothing to write home about, the versions here, made with from-scratch dough, are baked in a blazing-hot brick oven—yielding an irresistibly thin and crunchy crust.
    Katie Chang, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This year, the rumors swirl, a constant, low hum: Outer Heaven and Cuatro Gato, two more flickering lights, are expected to fade.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • But there’s more flickering contrast in Narayan van Maele’s lensing, which alternates dun realism with occasionally hyperreal lighting and composition, particularly when the pagan promise of fire is in the frame.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Mar. 2022
Adjective
  • The valley forest has a plethora of red maple trees aflame with color in the fall.
    Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Kindled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindled. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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