How to Use ignite in a Sentence

ignite

verb

• Three wins in a row ignited the team.
• The fire was ignited by sparks.
• The paper ignited on contact with sparks.
• His proposal is igniting opposition.
• The high heat from the oven can cause some papers to ignite.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2024
• More than half of those have ignited in just the last 24 hours.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 14 Aug. 2023
• One of the firebombs failed to ignite; the other set a bookcase on fire.
  — Todd Richmond, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2023
• The model showed up to the Eras Tour, igniting the rumor mill all over again.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
• The Bears defense is thus far a top-10 unit, but Williams has been unable to ignite the offense.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
• The move has ignited a firestorm on our campus, which has now spread to more than a dozen schools across the country.
  — Nara Milanich, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
• The Fourth of July is almost here and that means lots of fireworks igniting the night sky across the state.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2023
• In turn, a firestorm over gender in sports was ignited.
  — Lindsay Gibbs, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
• Miller tried to ignite her team with aggressive drives and defense, but couldn’t close the deficit.
  — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
• Do not store gasoline indoors where the fumes could ignite.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 19 Dec. 2022
• Those wires can then release smoke and gasses that end up igniting.
  — Curbed Staff, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2023
• Ground units caught up to the suspect, igniting a short pursuit.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2023
• When the fuel is ignited, the gas expands and pushes the pistons down.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
• Electrical lines fell down during the fire and ignited tall grass in the yard.
  — Karen Kucher march 6, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2023
• Then, thermal oil used in the dryer was ignited as well.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2023
• Plus, today the Moon is lined up with Uranus at the top of your chart, which ignites your independence.
  — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 29 July 2024
• As the sun looks as though its making a slow dive into the ocean, torch lights ignite for the nightly lele kawa (cliff diving).
  — Brittany Anas, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
• Our relationship — and the dream of this band — was ignited there.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
• The lack of transparency of the agreement has ignited outrage.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2023
• Launch fireworks into forests or fields where dry grass or leaves could ignite.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2023
• That ignited a full-fledged attack on short sellers who had bet on the stock falling.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 17 May 2024
• The toxins were from burn pits, which were the main way troops disposed of garbage, often using jet fuel to ignite flames.
  — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2023
• Less air means less fuel for the spark to ignite, which leads to less power from the explosion inside the cylinder head.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2022
• On the 17th, the new moon in Cancer ignites your house of dating and romance, so hello, summer loving!
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 30 June 2023
• Explore exercises and lean into the ones that ignite your progress.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 22 Oct. 2024
• The Santa Anas often bring triple-digit temperatures and a relative humidity below 10%, leading to drier fuel that can ignite more easily.
  — Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024