inflame
verb (used with object)
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
has inflamed
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present perfectof inflame (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And it has inflamed tensions between Miami’s growing legion of wealthy residents and the workers and small-business owners who prop up the city’s economy but increasingly feel priced out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
The conflict has inflamed already tense ethnic tensions, he says.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023
Rebels attacks have spiked in recent years, as the government extended infrastructure and the controversial Trans-Papua Highway, a road being built into the heart of highland Papua that has inflamed resistance.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
The debate has inflamed tensions over a successful effort to reintroduce brown bears to the region after they nearly went extinct in the 1990s.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
The only thing needed henceforward is to inflame the civic temper as past history has inflamed the military temper.
From Memories and Studies by Henry James
