How to Use inflame in a Sentence

inflame

verb
Definition of inflamenext
Synonyms for inflamenext
  • These bites can leave small, flat, or raised areas of skin that are itchy, red, or inflamed.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • Further strikes from Israel could inflame an Iran already at its limit.
    — Carol E. Lee, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The most common form of this condition is called atopic dermatitis, which usually looks like dry, inflamed patches of skin that are very itchy.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 7 May 2024
  • Cytokines are a kind of metabolomics or proteomics measure, particularly proteins that come out when you’re stressed or inflamed.
    — Nicholas St. Fleur, STAT, 5 July 2024
  • Their comments have inflamed fears among home-schooling parents that their freedom to educate their kids at home might be taken away, and that a registry might be just the first step to do that.
    — Allison Torres Burtka and Hannah Dellinger, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2024
  • But some economists warn that increasing tariffs will inflame tensions with China, increase costs to consumers, and worsen inflation.
    — Selina Wang, ABC News, 13 May 2024
  • The war has inflamed tensions around the world and triggered pro-Palestinian protests, including at college campuses in the U.S. and elsewhere.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber, Fortune, 2 May 2024
  • Trump has managed to both inflame and distract his opponents, but also to further consolidate Republican support.
    — Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 11 May 2024
  • Having inflamed breakouts on the body can come with a side of heat.
    — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 May 2023
  • If the stye is large enough, the surrounding area may be swollen and inflamed as well.
    — Chloe Metzger, Allure, 15 Dec. 2023
  • And avoid brushing open sores or any areas of the skin that are scratched or inflamed.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Some arthritis can become so severe that the joints are inflamed, swollen, and painful to the touch.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The patients’ eyes were inflamed with heavy yellow pus that obscured most of the pupil.
    — Mike Stobbe, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023
  • It is caused when ducts from eccrine sweat glands that lead to the skin’s surface are blocked or inflamed.
    — Matthew Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
  • While there is no damage to the bones at this point, the joint lining—called the synovium—is inflamed.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 June 2024
  • The person who made a post on Reddit that inflamed the crowd removed it.
    — Adrian Vore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Your face is all red and inflamed from removing all that.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Bronchitis occurs when the airways in the lungs, which are known as the bronchial tubes, become inflamed.
    — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Someone who respects people will tell them the truth, not soothe or inflame them with lies.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2023
  • These moves have further inflamed an already deeply riven country and drawn the largest protests in over a decade.
    — Ilan Ben Zion, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Ditch the tights, shapewear, snug belts and constricting jeans that squeeze your stomach and can inflame acid reflux.
    — Dallas News, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The Israel-Hamas war being waged half a world away is inflaming campuses here in the U.S.
    — Nancy Cordes, CBS News, 30 Oct. 2023
  • This occurs when the plantar fascia—which is a thick band of tissue attached to the heel bone that runs along the bottom of the foot to the base of the toes—becomes strained and inflamed.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • At the same time, the verdict is inflaming rifts within the GOP surrounding his impeachment in the first place.
    — Paul J. Weber and Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The Israel-Gaza war has inflamed tensions over the rights of Palestinians and the security of the Jewish state.
    — Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The herb can help dry, red, irritated, or inflamed skin.
    — Lisa Desantis, Health, 1 June 2024
  • The Quran burners are helped in their efforts to inflame by Muslim leaders who find their own reasons to stoke the outrage.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Keep reading to discover the best body scrubs that didn’t inflame our skin, took care of our dry patches, and left us feeling oh-so soft and smooth.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The current state of health care in the world, inflamed by a global pandemic, has forced this movement to add another decade to its quest.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2023
  • Photographs of Perkins in the hospital show her lips and tongue inflamed and her eyelids sealed shut in order to help her corneas heal.
    — Casey Tolan, CNN, 4 May 2023

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