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Example sentences for: inflame

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His career is an unblemished half century of efforts to impede progress, inflame race relations, and squelch good government.
Some of Secretary Albright's advisers warned her at the time to be sure the evidence conclusively linked Bin Ladin to the Cole before considering any response, especially a military one, because such action might inflame the Islamic world and increase support for the Taliban.
It would "inflame the nationalistic, anti-Western and militaristic tendencies in Russian opinion"; harm "the development of Russian democracy"; "restore the atmosphere of the cold war"; and "impel Russian foreign policy in directions decidedly not to our liking."
I'd like to know what you think about this, because I cannot for the life of me see why this issue seems to inflame so many.
5) Analysts worry that Kabila is too beholden to foreign-backed Tutsi military commanders, who may persecute Hutus and inflame ethnic tensions.