How to Use induce in a Sentence

induce

verb

• No one knows what induced him to leave.
• The advertisement is meant to induce people to eat more fruit.
• Her illness was induced by overwork.
• They will induce labor to avoid complications.
• Just the thought of filling up the gas tank at $6 a gallon can induce anxiety.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2022
• But the faster ratio did pay off in a short slalom test on a low-friction surface designed to induce oversteer.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 2 May 2022
• But a great destination wedding can also induce its fair share of wanderlust.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2022
• Submerge your phone in a desiccant—a substance that will induce dryness by absorbing water.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 1 Apr. 2022
• Defensively, the Terps stuck to their roots of doubling the ball carrier to induce turnovers and poor decisions.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2022
• For one, the stem cells are induced chemically rather than genetically, and come from a different source within the patient’s body.
  — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2024
• Just the thought of cruising this iconic ride will induce grins of anticipation, although not necessarily for adrenalin junkies.
  — Christopher Baker, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2022
• If made available, the Novavax vaccine might induce some of the millions of still-unvaccinated Americans to roll up their sleeves at last.
  — Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
• The group was joined by two individual plaintiffs who said that the mandate kept them from travelling, in one case because the person believed that a mask would induce her to have a panic attack.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2022
• As a warm front lifts northward across the Plains, the sticky air mass that settles in and the daytime heating from the sun will help induce thunderstorm development into the early afternoon hours.
  — Derek Van Dam, CNN, 12 May 2022
• Creative endeavors can induce a soothing effect within your brain, similar to what many experience in meditation.
  — Peter Weedfald, Forbes, 6 May 2022
• Thompson Pass, on the way to Valdez, has the same set-up to induce slides.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2023
• Chan induced two popouts on two pitches to get out of the jam.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2023
• The rules state that NIL isn’t supposed to be used to induce recruits to come to a school.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 9 June 2022
• However, William Bush came in and induced Will Spivey to pop out to end the game.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 4 May 2023
• On Tuesday, the yield fell by the most in a day since the turmoil induced by the banking crisis in March.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• Finding a spot out of the way, whether in your garage or in your apartment, can induce all kinds of headaches.
  — WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
• This time, a fastball at the top of the strike zone induced an inning-ending flyout.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2023
• The risk of being set apart might induce you to tone yourself down today.
  — Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2022
• Much of the benefit can likely be explained by weight loss induced by the drug.
  — WIRED, 11 Nov. 2023
• Without a push, a cat would have no leverage, nothing to induce it to turn right side up.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022
• If nothing changed in a few hours, she would be given medicine to induce labor.
  — Ryan Ruby, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
• Neris struck out Tyler Black and induced Willy Adames to hit a grounder to short that stranded the tying run on second.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2024
• The worst outcome for any Chinese leader would be to try to take the island but fail, which induces caution.
  — M. Taylor Fravel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2023
• Those sagging smiles and rotten teeth can induce shivers regardless of how cheesy the rest of the movie is.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
• The drugs involved induce a severely altered state that puts people in a vulnerable position.
  — Benjamin Y. Fong, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024