The children gathered armloads of kindling to start the campfire. From LearnThat.org.
Verb (used with object) : He kindled their hopes of victory. ,Happiness kindled her eyes. From Dictionary.com.
And it's an important point, because there's two things, really, with regards to what they called a kindling effect. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2001] Reference
Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame. †Hannah Senesh. From Wordnik.com. [2006 February] Reference
The kindling is stacked below, air between the logs, the firewood is dry and the chimney draws well. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » People Hate Congress, Like Obama] Reference
Dry pine needles and dry wood shavings make good tinder to light the kindling from the burning cottonball. From Wordnik.com. [whats the best way to get a fire started?] Reference
First tinder, then thin kindling, followed by bigger and bigger kindling, then small fire wood followed by bigger. From Wordnik.com. [What is the best way to start a fire in a hurry in the outdoors without matches etc.] Reference
Some people just won't be happy until the Inquisition has office space again and kindling is being piled up around the local stakes. From Wordnik.com. [Just another Rutten bit of editorializing] Reference
But the kindling is a bit wet, and it would take some more effort to get a fire going. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign Policy In Focus] Reference
Women take precedence in some festival observances, such as kindling lights before the holiday. From Wordnik.com. [Festivals and Holy Days.] Reference
Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame. From Wordnik.com. [2006 February] Reference
The "kindling" is already in place for higher inflation, he said. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com -- Top News] Reference
In other words, that's the premium over "kindling" that the market is willing to pay for this company. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Complete video at: fora. tv Is the Amazon Kindle here to stay, or simply "kindling" for the escalating tablet wars?. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
If you don't have a lot of "kindling" under the logs, ignition from a match, spark or any other source, won't get the log to burn. From Wordnik.com. [NewWest.Net All Headlines] Reference
"kindling" that will spark inflation in the future. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
It makes sense that we Western people like reading books, writing books, buying books and even "kindling" books. From Wordnik.com. [Pogue's Posts] Reference
Jim, came in with fire from the kitchen, with kindling. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
There were a few larger pieces of kindling lying around. From Wordnik.com. [Above the River's Edge] Reference
If you do not make jelly, use them to mix with the kindling. From Wordnik.com. [Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest] Reference
This he did by kindling the fire, and melting it in his tin pan. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
After kindling their fire of buffalo chips they soon had supper "a-going.". From Wordnik.com. [The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail] Reference
Polite people are not going to tell you if they use the issues for kindling. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Manners: Balloons and rainbows belie the gravity of death] Reference
He dismissed his kindling enthusiasm, and added simply, 'How came you here?'. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sonny Sahib] Reference
As a result, what he built is being chopped up, and may be sold for kindling. From Wordnik.com. [Sudden Exit Of A Would-Be Mogul] Reference
We celebrated Thanksgiving, made kindling and got her house ready for winter. From Wordnik.com. [Recession Diary: A Turn In Fortunes] Reference
I layer the newspaper and the kindling in the pit and light the crumpled paper. From Wordnik.com. [Bonfire] Reference
"I'll show this kindling!" he muttered to himself, clashing his flints together. From Wordnik.com. [Burn after reading except on 9/11? The Koran burning debate] Reference
The tinder, the kindling and the toxic ferment are all there and in abundant supply. From Wordnik.com. [Eli Y. Adashi: Tinderbox Haiti: Could All Out Violence Be Too Far Behind?] Reference
They had brush for kindling with small sticks, dried leaves to get the big bonfire lit. From Wordnik.com. [Bonfire] Reference
For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain and of the cold. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference
The little Red Hen was just coming out of her door to pick up a few sticks for kindling wood. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference
The 1992 Rodney King verdict may have provided the match, but the kindling was dry and plentiful. From Wordnik.com. [Death of the Dream] Reference
Loretta now saw that she was standing on a wooden ledge above a tee-pee-shaped mound of kindling. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part II] Reference
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