How to Use inflame in a Sentence

inflame

verb
  • His angry speech inflamed the mob.
  • His comments have inflamed an already tense situation.
  • Plaque buildup can inflame the gums and lead to gum disease.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Throat The throat will be red and inflamed in a person with oral thrush.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Your voice may be hoarse, and your throat may be sore, inflamed, or painful.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 1 Sep. 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
  • The most reliable way to inflame the heart is to bother it with a virus.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 July 2021
  • The movie coming out is made in order to inflame and cause chaos.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The movie coming out is made in order……..to inflame and cause chaos.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • And avoid brushing open sores or any areas of the skin that are scratched or inflamed.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • It’s thought to be caused by damaged or inflamed nerves.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 27 July 2024
  • In plantar fasciitis, the tough tissue at the bottom of the foot that connects the heel to the toes is inflamed.
    — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 18 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • These bites can leave small, flat, or raised areas of skin that are itchy, red, or inflamed.
    — Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
  • 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
  • In dozens of countries, claims to foreign land could be used to inflame support for war.
    — Leif Wenar, WSJ, 2 May 2022
  • When a leg is broken, the horse shifts its weight on the other three legs, which inflames the hoofs, causing laminitis.
    — Jeff Goertzen, The Mercury News, 30 June 2019
  • And instead of seeking to heal and unite, too many in our nation seek to inflame and divide.
    — Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2020
  • My skin was so inflamed and the HS tunneling started all around my groin.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 16 Dec. 2024
  • After a quick check, Sadler noticed that Archie's back left paw was inflamed.
    — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Trump's decision in May to sell the weapons further inflamed the tensions.
    — CBS News, 25 July 2019
  • These infections inflame the alveoli, fine sacs in the deepest portions of the lungs.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2020
  • Bronchitis occurs when the airways in the lungs, which are known as the bronchial tubes, become inflamed.
    — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But, like dancehall in Jamaica, popular music there has only grown more eerie, a reflection of the widening wealth gap, increased political corruption, and inflamed gang culture that is happening all over the world.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The security of Supreme Court justices has become an increasingly worrisome issue as the court’s rulings have inflamed partisan and ideological tensions.
    — Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2025

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