| He never eschewed an opportunity to rekindle the embers and fan the flames of friendship. |
| Hopelessly naive, Velma quickly learns to play the game, concocting ever more elaborate lies to fan the flames of her notoriety. |
| Portugal is battling its most devastating forest fires for a decade, as strong wind fan the flames. |
| She was not most angry that he had outfought her, though this did fan the flames of her rage. |
| The stream of water that spurted from the hose did less to douse the fire than it did to fan the flames with its accompanying rush of air. |
| We will not allow ignorant splinter groups to fan the flames of sectarianism. |
