She would not at first gratify her lover's passion, though she granted him "de petites privautez," which only fanned the flame.
The task of carrying this into action was undertaken by Jean Montluc Baligny, who had married the murdered man's sister, a high-spirited woman who fanned the flame of her husband's wrath.
If I had loved him--I do not love him, Marlowe-- This would have fanned a flame.
But ashes fanned Fly from their centre, lighter than a kiss, And settle--where they please!
And with the movement of the raft always down-stream; and the night air being from the south just then, if the fire were ever properly started, it would be fanned constantly, and helped along by this process.
They had gained such a good start that unless some fire-fighter got busy in a hurry, that shack was doomed, for the breeze fanned the flames wonderfully.
If anything, the reflection must have fannedhis passion.
The wind, which had become pleasant towards evening after a day that had been hot in spite of it already being autumn, fanned her face without being able to cool her cheeks that glowed with emotion.
After a few polite phrases she rose, went to the hibachi, fanned the flame a moment, poured water from the kettle into the teapot, and brought a tiny tray on which was a cup and the pot of tea.
She turned and walked slowly to the hibachi, knelt beside it, fanned the fire a moment, then poured the water from the iron kettle into the tiny teapot, let it stand a moment, looking over towards Morris.
But this was hot and dry; it came And smote them, like the gush of flame Fanned in a smithy, that outpours And floods with fire the open doors.
At first she was unable to speak to us, but our companion (her physician) fanned her for some time with a large fan, which seemed to relieve her, and in a little time she revived.
We fanned her alternately with a large feathered fan, which alone seemed to relieve her; for she is in a continual fever, and her window remains open day and night, summer and winter, in the severest cold.
She and Tony together spread the cloth and made the coffee while her father fanned himself and looked on.
The wind from their bright wings fanned Buddha's soul, The love from their sweet spirits warmed his heart.
And she once more unfurled the fan, and approvingly fanned herself.
The hot flames, fanned by a strong wind, leaped high and struggled up into the darkness.
Uncle Ned sat there a very image of injured dignity, while Aunt Anniky bound a red handkerchief around her mouth and fanned herself with her turkey-tail.
She jes' rolled up her eyes ebery oder word, and fanned and talked like she 'spected to die de nex' breff.
He threw one leg over the saddlehorn and fanned himself with his sombrero, looking us over, gaudy in a red and black checkered shirt, fringed leather chaps and bright green neckerchief.
Winded, Ada fanned herself with her straw hat and wiped the perspiration from her face.
The princess lay on a lounge andfanned herself with a peacock feather fan.
The trees and shrubberies were tinted with the tender green of spring, a soft, warm air, redolent with flowers, fanned their faces.
The sun was setting resplendently, gilding the beautiful river with gold, and a soft breeze fannedhis hot brow; but the beauties of nature had no charm for his passion-seared soul.
All his enthusiasm for its conquest revived; and this feeling was fanned into flame by Robert of Artois.
From the doors and windows of the doomed building, the forked flame, fanned by the fury of the wind, darts out its thousand fiery tongues.
Catharine also fanned the crusading zeal at Berlin and Vienna in the hope of having "more elbow-room," obviously in Poland.
Whether he fanned the warlike ardour of the Executive Council will perhaps never be known.
The embers of the quarrel of 1790 were once more fanned to a flame by Spanish officials.
Royalist at heart, but beset by advisers and mistresses who fanned his jealousy of Austria and love of ease, Frederick William wavered under the whims of the hour or the counsels of the last comer.
The backs of the sections should be evenly fanned out one over the other from the centre outwards on both sides.
If the pages are numbered at the foot, the leaves must be fanned out from the head.
The head and tail are treated in the same way, excepting that they cannot be fanned out, and the colour should be applied from the back to the fore-edge.
A, or are unevenly fanned over more to one side than the other, as shown in fig.
If the sections are not evenly fanned out from the centre, but are either zigzagged by being crushed by direct blows of the hammer, as shown in fig.
The fore-edge may be fanned out and painted in any device in water-colour and afterwards gilded; the painting will only show when the book is open.
So violent was his excitement that it whirled away the words that rushed to his lips, and only fanned the fury that sparkled from the whiteness of his face in his eyes.
The fire was now burning in despite of itself, fanned by the wintry gusts, which found their way down the chimney.
And it must never be forgotten that of the new-comers a large proportion were flying from grievances at home to which they could no longer submit, and that they therefore added to and fanned the discontent prevailing in America.
To all but a few greedy grumblers this was perfectly acceptable, and the discontent, which might easily have been fanned into mutiny, was quashed at once.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fanned" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: deltoid; flaring; open; outstretched; splay; sprawling; spread; widespread
