How to Use incite in a Sentence

incite

verb

• The news incited widespread fear and paranoia.
• How does that not incite you to fight for the freedoms of all people?
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
• Chad Gable used cheap heat to incite this Ohio crowd, but the heat ended up being very, very loud.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• The end of the restriction could also incite a new wave of migrants to leave their countries and come to the U.S., experts say.
  — The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
• Miller pushed back against the notion Trump's language was in any way deployed to incite the crowd, according to the source.
  — Ellis Kim, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2022
• The secret plan worked to gain support in King’s Landing’s slums and incite a riot.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 22 July 2024
• Was there one inciting event that encouraged you to write this song?
  — Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
• The gusts that blew at the surface were thus exceedingly strong, dry, warm and able to incite extreme fire growth.
  — Jason Samenow, Jacob Feuerstein, Becky Bolinger, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022
• The vessels incited stampedes down store aisles and sold out in minutes.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2024
• Work wasn’t the only part of my life that incited anxiety.
  — Shanetta McDonald, Essence, 22 June 2023
• The West Fork is also known for an epic salmon fly hatch that incites a trout feeding frenzy each summer.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 8 May 2024
• Our goal was not to induce fear but to incite hope and galvanize viewers.
  — Tonya Lewis Lee, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2022
• On her way to the mic, Anderson stopped to share a quick kiss with her former Mulder which incited fans once again.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2024
• Just snap a shot (or swipe one from her Instagram), upload it and three to four weeks later, your one-of-a-kind gift will be ready to incite awwws.
  — Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2021
• In 1996, the image incited parental debates over whether the rapper was destroying the moral fabric of the country.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
• Someone poured fake blood near him to further incite people, Stutts said.
  — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 May 2024
• The anger the Chicks incited erupted from a nasty part of American culture that needed to keep women in their place.
  — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
• This only incited more disgust and anger, and probably cost Rife thousands of fans in the process.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2023
• Over the past couple of years, the 43-year-old actor’s looks have run the gamut from clean-shaven and polished to long and scruffy — some of which have incited internet frenzy.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2024
• Facebook knew it was being used to incite violence in Ethiopia.
  — Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
• Butker also incited the ire of Taylor Swift fans by taking a dig at the mega-star girlfriend of his teammate Travis Kelce.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
• That could incite panic in the western part of Ukraine — where resistance to Russia might be highest — and prompt people to flee the country.
  — New York Times, 5 Feb. 2022
• But the scrum Aldama partly incited seemed to kick Golden State into gear.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• Most of the characters at the center of these coming-of-age stories must incite change in order to improve their own lives or the fates of their families.
  — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2022
• Schumer said Trump's words can incite violence and get people killed, and cause people to lose faith in democracy.
  — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 22 May 2024
• He was charged with inciting a riot and firearms offenses.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
• In Princess Mononoke, the destruction of a forest incites an epic battle among animals, gods, and humans.
  — Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2024
• In the streaming age, such instances were liable to incite wonderment from other art-rock bands.
  — Zach Schonfeld, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2022
• Multiple accused rioters from Jan. 6 have claimed they were incited to violence by police, but none have been successful in court.
  — Jay O'Brien, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2024
• In addition, Harris voters point to how Trump committed impeachable acts, refused to concede in the 2020 election and incited an insurrection.
  — Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024