Example Sentences

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The shooting had inflamed racial tensions in Euclid, a Cleveland suburb, and a grand jury declined to indict Rhodes after hearing evidence from prosecutors.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022

Some media reports have claimed that Riyadh has made improved relations conditional on Turkey dropping the case, which had inflamed tensions between the two countries.

From Washington Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Facebook has already banned several Myanmar military and government figures it said had "inflamed ethnic and religious tensions".

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2018

Always seeking more slave territory, moreover, Secretary of State John C. Calhoun had inflamed matters by calling annexation essential to the security of slavery.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the lass of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin