Example Sentences

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Fueling our mass mourning’s ache is a lack of knowing who will ignite the next blaze like the one D’Angelo sparked.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

“It is my firm belief that this resolution will ignite rather than discourage antisemitism,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

Whether the burning brush will ignite the whole forest just depends on how long our strained firewalls can hold.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2025

If she runs again as an independent, amending her campaign’s initial timeline, which was previously reported by The Wall Street Journal, it will ignite a riveting and unusually competitive three-way race.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Some experience will ignite somewhere deep down in me the smoldering embers of new fires and I’ll be off again to write yet another novel.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright