stoke
verb (used with object)
to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire).
stoking
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present participleof stoke.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Blevins, who left Apple in 2022, sometimes set up back-to-back meetings with suppliers so that rival sales teams might run into each other, stoking competitive tension.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Shares of Alphabet were falling hard in after-hours trading as the company reported a third-quarter revenue and earnings miss on Wednesday, stoking fears that artificial intelligence is pressuring its core search-engine business.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Robinson had denied the charges, saying he had "panicked" and had been "scared" when the Daily Mail published a story accusing him of "stoking race riots from his sunbed".
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Still, the deliberate stoking of fear of criminality today mirrors that of the past.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
Mother was out in the kitchen and I’d been stoking up the fire.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
