How to Use stoke in a Sentence

stoke

verb

• The engineer stoked the coals.
• The new ad campaign has helped to stoke sales.
• Poor revenue figures have stoked concerns about possible layoffs.
• The whole intention of the movie is to stoke the outrage.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2024
• So stoked to see this baby come to life… or in this case to death ☠️.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• Otherwise, the singer was stoked to be back in the city that launched her career.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• High rates should slow it down; lower rates stoke growth.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
• The night watchman stokes his lamp and walks wide-eyed tourists through the back lanes telling stories of hot oil and great plagues.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• The coup has stoked fears that Niger, a former French colony, could shift closer to Russia.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 31 July 2023
• Despite the holes in the system, the move to bring in the National Guard stoked concern in some quarters.
  — Sean Cotter, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
• The plane had stoked fear among Western militaries for years.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• The idea is to thin out things like underbrush and low tree limbs that are so good at stoking wildfire.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
• As warm weather arrived, there was no need to stoke the furnace.
  — Kenneth Goetz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2023
• One stoke under par is a birdie, two strokes under par is an eagle.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
• We're stoked to see how each of their stories unfold this summer!
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 6 June 2023
• Today, tourism stokes their economies, and each is well connected by hourly trains.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• Such a decline could stoke demand from would-be buyers.
  — Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• Oil prices are being weighed by the U.S. Fed’s hawkish tone that has stoked fears about holding rates higher for longer.
  — WSJ, 22 Sep. 2023
• Kwan is equally stoked and livid when Owen invites him to the helipad to assist.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2023
• Country music in the past, since the Trump years, has found improvement of margins by preaching to the choir and stoking them flames.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2023
• Omar is less interested in stoking the flames of his feuds.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2023
• How serious are Joe, Kevin, and Nick Jonas about stoking a carefree vibe on their sixth full-length?
  — Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
• The worry that becoming a parent will just add hard beads to the string is not extinguished but stoked once the decision is made and the child is here.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
• Some have been fighting since 2014, when Russia first stoked conflict in eastern Ukraine.
  — Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
• Love u cast and crew forever so stoked to be invited back.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
• By keeping the fire stoked, the stove and stovepipe were soon glowing orange-hot, and my gear slowly steamed dry while my body finally shook off the chill of a wet, cool fall day.
  — Brett French, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• The clashes further stoked fears that the Israel-Gaza war could swell into a wider regional conflict.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• As for her duties of the day at the Spirit Awards, Horgan said she was stoked to be in attendance as a presenter and supporter of the art form.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2023
• Taco Bell and Mountain Dew have stoked demand by controlling the supply — a key page in the taco chain’s marketing playbook.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• That means Biden won’t be able to win solely by stoking fears of his predecessor’s return.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024