stoke
verb (used with object)
to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire).
were stoking
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past progressiveof stoke.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Speaking to LCI television, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that "manipulators" were stoking anti-French sentiment, but he hoped the Burkinabe authorities would act to find a solution.
From Reuters ● Nov. 21, 2021
He declined to specify which candidates were stoking those worries.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2021
One diplomatic source told the Guardian that unforeseen consequences of the protocol were stoking tensions.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2021
But Yellen, who for years had held off critics who warned that low rates were stoking the fires of inflation and financial instability, was keen to normalize policy after years of unconventional easing.
From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2020
The boys were stoking up for the occasion with raw apples, and the girls were occupied, when not pursuing their restless father, in preparing a puggaree for his hat.
From Above the Snow Line by Dent, Clinton Thomas
