inflaming 1 of 2

variants also enflaming

inflaming

2 of 2

verb

variants also enflaming
present participle of inflame

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of inflaming
Verb
Chief Martin should seek publicity by doing notable policing not inflaming disorderly person allegations. Jack Irvin, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025 The delivery of the sophisticated missile defense system risks further inflaming the conflict in the Middle East despite widespread diplomatic efforts to avoid an all-out war. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflaming
Adjective
  • Instead, she was hounded out of the classroom by authorities hostile to Western literature.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Last year, Trump's predecessor Joe Biden fired the inspector general of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, after an investigation found the official had created a hostile work environment.
    Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Around 10 individuals ran onto the court waving Palestinian flags, angering hundreds of attendees from the French Jewish community cheering for the Israeli team.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • With some true detective work, Flueger quickly discovers that pigeons are trying to claim squatter rights a bit too close higher up, angering the furry felines.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • This specific timing seemed to be a clever nod to the racing numbers of Leclerc (16) and Hamilton himself (44), igniting a social media frenzy.
    Alex Harrington, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • News of the incident travelled around the globe, igniting outrage and sorrow.
    Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
  • That same year, the Legislature appropriated $180 million that the Air Resources Board could use to fund alternatives to burning.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Vancouver’s inconsistency this season has been maddening.
    Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • In her non-coma periods, Elisabeth has found Sue’s billboard increasingly maddening, even pasting newspaper over the window to hide it.
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • That sounds like an infuriating way to look at a painting.
    Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The process becomes even more infuriating when life-threatening illness lurks in the background.
    Arthur E Palamara, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Cover irritating clothing seams with a smooth material such as silk to avoid abrasive irritation.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2025
  • At Abercrombie & Fitch Packed with conditioning and hydrating castor oil, argan oil & coconut oil, this eyelash & brow growth serum will help promote the appearance of longer, fuller looking lashes and brows without the use of irritating or harmful ingredients.
    refinery29.com, refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Your cordless Magic Wand harnesses AC power from the wall before firing it out in 8 vibration styles.
    Beekman 1802, refinery29.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • International media reports that the attacker left his car and began firing at police.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025

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“Inflaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflaming. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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