rekindle
verb (used with object)
to excite, stir up, or rouse anew.
rekindled
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past participleof rekindle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof rekindle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
rekindleverb (used with object)to excite, stir up, or rouse anew.
Example Sentences
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But when pop singer Suki Waterhouse invited her to a session, it rekindled her passion for writing.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman, who stormed out of his Netflix investment a few years ago, has rekindled that old flame.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The personal struggle and public fight against Lineage has rekindled her Catholicism, the 52-year-old said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Near the French surfing hotspot of Le Grand Crohot, an AFP reporter saw violent gusts of wind whipping up flames as firefighting aircraft attempted to extinguish a rekindled fire.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
There was no answer, unless it were an utter silence more dreadful than the whispers before; and then a chill blast came in which the torches flickered and went out, and could not be rekindled.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
