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 US threat has inflamed public opinion with some businesses in Ottawa, as elsewhere in Canada, putting on displays of national identity such as "Proudly Canadian" posters.

From BBC • May 25, 2025

In recent months, North Korea has inflamed animosities on the Korean Peninsula with fiery rhetoric and continued missile tests.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

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

It is suggestive of his having roosted during the night in a draft, which has inflamed his vocal chords so that his tones have lost their sweetness.

From Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot by Clark, Charles Heber