What is "rekindled"

Usage examples of "rekindled".

Medina, or the city, known under the name of Yathreb, before it was sanctified by the throne of the prophet, was divided between the tribes of the Charegites and the Awsites, whose hereditary feud was rekindled by the slightest provocations: two colonies of Jews, who boasted a sacerdotal race, were their humble allies, and without converting the Arabs, they introduced the taste of science and religion, which distinguished Medina as the city of the Book.

The spirit of the Barbarians was rekindled by the presence, the voice, and the example of their intrepid leader.

The conflict of zeal and persecution rekindled some sparks of their national spirit.

Anxious for the ruin or expulsion of their tyrants, the faithful natives devoted their labors to the service of Amrou: some sparks of martial spirit were perhaps rekindled by the example of their allies.

Whatever might be the vices of the Franks, their courage was rekindled by enthusiasm and despair.

Even though the effects of Alustriel's potion had worn off, simply stepping inside the home of his youth had rekindled a host of memories in the dwarf.

He could not be certain if his fears were justified, or if they were merely a reaction to his knowledge that the mines were occupied and to his rekindled memories of the horrible day, when his clan had been driven out.

Bruenor's physical scars were deeper now—his left eye was lost, and a bluish line ran diagonally across his face, from forehead to jawbone—but the flames of spirit had been rekindled, burning bright behind his good eye.

Olaf Thorsen must be okay, if his mother loved him, but he still missed her more than he let Kerry know, and the letter had rekindled all his old yearning for the satellite cities and the skywires and all the marvels he couldn't even imagine on the strange far Earth.

Out of the gym, her husky voice was not very musical, but the echo from the curving walls transformed it to a haunting wail that somehow rekindled all his old dreams of a Company father and a fabulous future waiting for him, if he could only come Sunside to claim it.

Esteban laughed, too, but only to cover up his rekindled fear of this woman who drew upon the powers of dead gods.

His references to “her,” his self-baptism, and now the sight of his disembodied head and tendrils of hair floating on the water, all this had rekindled my fear.