Sentence examples for stoke enthusiasm from inspiring English sources

Hoping to stoke enthusiasm for the measure, Ronald S. Lauder, the billionaire cosmetics heir, has financed a campaign in support of the two-term rule.

In his message, too, the president was clearly pivoting to campaign mode as he sought to stoke enthusiasm for his re-election.

In the House, where many Republicans view an overhaul bill passed by the Senate as a federal juggernaut that is too kind to immigrant lawbreakers, the legislative summer recess has done little to stoke enthusiasm for immediate action.

The American officials were especially concerned that a funeral not be allowed to stoke enthusiasm for Mr. Hussein's rule in the very area where memories of him remain fondest.

Gaborik's goals, along with a strong performance by defenseman Dan Girardi, and Carl Hagelin's victory in the speed skating race during the skills competition, will stoke enthusiasm among Rangers fans that their first-place team is headed to big things this spring.

Still, the idea that these programs, which will take place in all five boroughs of New York, are going to stoke enthusiasm for the 2009-10 season, when Gerard Mortier arrives full time as the company's director and inaugurates a new era with productions of seminal 20th-century works, is a stretch.

That brought large gains to energy companies and stoked enthusiasm for commodities.

Judging by the bright, stunned, young eyes you'll occasionally find these days in the basement of the Liberty Science Center, it's not a bad method for stoking enthusiasm in middle-school science students, either.

To the surprise of parents and elders, this new hybrid between East and West has actually stoked enthusiasm for an age-old tradition that many young people privately viewed as crusty and hopelessly unhip.

Obama and Francis acted prophetically, following intuition and instinct, but they have underestimated the actual degree of consensus that their proposals encounter within their respective "electorates," stoking enthusiasm abroad, but disorienting their supporter base at home.

The challenge, Democrats say, is stoking enthusiasm while keeping expectations in check, so that volunteers, activists and, especially, wealthy donors stay committed for the long-haul effort it will take to turn the state from red to blue, or at least make it more competitive.