How to Use inducer in a Sentence

inducer

noun
  • But this seven-episode saga is more than just a gasp-inducer.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The Aztecs used another big run, 15-4, to tilt things in a first-round stress inducer against the College of Charleston.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Can this rah-rah rhetoric backfire and become a gag-inducer?
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2021
  • Miller’s own smile inducer was grown adjacent to his 3-acre vineyard of Cabernet grapes.
    Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Means is an extreme strikethrower and an extreme pop up inducer.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Rather than over paying for a front-of-the-rotation starter, Luhnow signed groundball inducer Charlie Morton to a two-year, $14 million deal.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2017
  • The mice treated with drug inducer or a drug-increasing cocktail could clear the tumor, while those without had high tumor burden.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The diabolical table, purchased before our child was born, had been a sleek, hulking anxiety inducer for my wife and me ever since the kid had learned how to walk.
    Dan Harris, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The body starts producing melatonin, a natural sleep-inducer, about two hours before bedtime.
    Andrea Bartz, GQ, 26 July 2017
  • Taijuan Walker, another ground-ball inducer who had a 2.70 ERA this season, could be a slightly cheaper option.
    Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Gone are the days of dismissing meat as a heart attack inducer or the unsophisticated grub of Middle America.
    Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 3 July 2017
  • In Polynesian-worthy shades of sea green, celedon and cantaloupe — as well as more a classic black option — the Tiki clutch is a conversation starter, an outfit maker and a vacation inducer all in one.
    Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Apr. 2012
  • That natural, delicious inducer is the Eggplant Parmigiana, priced at $13.50.
    Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2017
  • That natural, delicious inducer is the Eggplant Parmigiana, priced at $13.50.
    Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2017
  • For most fathers, the highest stress-inducers were changes to their role as parents and balancing employment responsibilities with family responsibilities.
    Erica Sood, Phd, Philly.com, 27 June 2018

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