Kindle usually means to create or inspire a feeling, interest, or reaction.
Kindle in is the standard pattern when a feeling is created inside someone. Kindle for is uncommon and usually not idiomatic after the verb kindle.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use kindle in to show that an emotion or idea develops in a person.
Kindle often takes a direct object such as interest, hope, or passion.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Kindle for is usually not a natural verb-preposition combination.
✕ The story kindled for me new hope. ✓ The story kindled new hope in me.Kindle normally needs a feeling or reaction as an object.
✕ The speech kindled in the audience. ✓ The speech kindled excitement in the audience.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Not usually as a direct verb-preposition pattern. Native speakers normally use kindle in or a direct object.
It often describes emotions, interest, passion, hope, or enthusiasm.
Yes. It can also mean to start a fire: kindle a flame.
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