Kindling

Examples

• A clear air favoured the kindling of the stars. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It can't last for ever, returned Richard with a fierceness kindling in him which again presented to me that last sad reminder. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I am sensible of no light kindling--no life quickening--no voice counselling or cheering. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• One star only trembled in the depth of the kindling atmosphere. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She _did_ tremble: growing excitement, kindling feeling, and also gathering courage, shook her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They suffocated some in mud, and suspended others by the feet, or the head, or the thumbs, kindling fires below them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• No, she continued, kindling as she spoke to the Captain; I can endure poverty, but not shame--neglect, but not insult; and insult from--from you. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There is kindling wood here: the fire will burn in a minute. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She wanted no strengthening in her firmness; but if she had had need of any, she would have derived it from his kindling face. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The greatly-increased facility of kindling a fire by matches gave an impetus to the invention of _cooking and heating stoves_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• She surveyed the dusk moors, where bonfires were kindling. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• A chanting cherub adorned the cover of the sugar bucket, and attempts to portray Romeo and Juliet supplied kindling for some time. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Fire risk is reduced to a minimum, because there are no matches, no kindlings, no kerosene cans, no oil barrels and nothing of the sort to endanger life and property. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Edited by Henry