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.
  • This is the first time I’m really stoked at the end of the process.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 24 June 2024
  • Musk is the richest man in the world, and Rock made sure to stoke his ego.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • One of the teens, a 19-year-old man, tried to stoke the fire by pouring gasoline on it.
    — Katie Rice, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • No three letters stoke such angst—no, fear—in the hearts of some than these: ICE.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Otherwise, the singer was stoked to be back in the city that launched her career.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Presidents have had a choice: to soothe those fears or to stoke them.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2021
  • High rates should slow it down; lower rates stoke growth.
    — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Glass stoked a fire in a woodstove and handed me a Heineken in a jelly jar.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • Chelsea, who is stoked to learn that Glenn, or whoever, has a boat.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • But when the cover of night comes, not everyone wants to pitch a tent, stoke a fire, and be on bear watch.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The winds stoking the wildfires are forecast to pick up once more and bellow for more than a day’s length.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Then stoke up the pile with leaves and other autumn bounty.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Plus, everyone’s stoked when Olivia comes over to our thing.
    — John Russell, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • That’s why we were stoked to see so many great Amazon Prime Peloton deals on deck this year.
    — Kells McPhillips, SELF, 16 July 2024
  • The plane had stoked fear among Western militaries for years.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Musk’s lawsuit adds to tensions with the EU stoked by the world’s richest man in recent months.
    — Peter Chapman, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2025
  • That is even after a fare sale designed to stoke the return of business traffic in the fall.
    — Doug Cameron, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2021
  • In the end, Trump did not proactively stoke the falsehood - but did not play it down either.
    — Author: Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Matt Viser, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2020
  • But the bottom line is stoking the legend is good for Rose Hall’s bottom line.
    — Jack Bantock, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
  • And even the best lockdown drills can stoke fear and anxiety in them, Schonfeld added.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 27 May 2022
  • Within seconds, Johnny was next to me on his board, stoked and giddy, hooting and laughing.
    — Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 12 May 2025
  • The town hall in the early contest state has stoked speculation of a possible presidential run from Buttigieg in 2028.
    — Julia Manchester, The Hill, 14 May 2025

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