How to Use initiation in a Sentence
initiation
noun-
Police are not aware of any video that captures the initiation of the fight between the two men.
— Megan Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2021 -
There was the one about a gang initiation in Little Rock.
— Eula Calahan, Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2023 -
The journey is arguably akin to an initiation; the road is rough, but the reward is sweet.
— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2023 -
The Big Ten had set a deadline of Wednesday for the initiation of rapid testing.
— Nathan Baird, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2020 -
At times, such as in 2012, Trump waived the initiation fee entirely to draw in new blood.
— Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2021 -
The weak wait for the strong—their motion is all response, no initiation.
— Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021 -
The nagging is most fierce on the days when the sounds of the traditional drums echo through Port Loko for an initiation.
— New York Times, 14 June 2022 -
The initiation is the first among firms tracked by Bloomberg since shares started trading last week.
— Fortune, 21 Sep. 2020 -
The third concern is that prior to the initiation of phase 2, funds utilized for phase 1 would have to be repaid.
— al, 27 Apr. 2021 -
The 20-year-old, nearly 7-foot-4 rookie’s initiation to the NBA world has drawn rave reviews in many ways.
— Tim Reynolds, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024 -
Selmont did not respond to a query about the gang initiation claim.
— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2020 -
The toon movie turns on one keenie’s life story from initiation to old age, says Bonet.
— Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 25 Nov. 2022 -
The first candidate for initiation this year was a teenager whose face had been smeared with mud and the dregs of homemade beer.
— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024 -
Sam Bankman-Fried: The crypto kid had a tough initiation to the world of big-money politics.
— Dan Alexander, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022 -
Without that initiation, there’s no call to be made there.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019 -
According to the church, baptism is the first of three sacraments of initiation.
— Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2022 -
But the people who went through the embarrassing initiation liked the group more and were more eager to join it than the control group.
— The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2021 -
Equinoxes happen twice a year, during the initiation of fall and spring.
— Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 18 Sep. 2023 -
For once, the talk wasn’t about the initiation of unproven young players but established stars.
— Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2019 -
The past few days have been about as intense an initiation into the job as anyone could imagine.
— Will McCarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Sep. 2022 -
Their arrival and the initiation of a civilian trial is a victory for the families of the hostages who were killed.
— Adam Goldman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2020 -
The Satere-Mawe people of Brazil use bullet ants in their warrior initiation rites.
— Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2020 -
According to the family, pledges at the party said Oakes drank a large bottle of whiskey in an hour as part of an initiation process and then passed out.
— NBC News, 25 Sep. 2021 -
Some 40 men wearing white robes and hoods gathered for a new member's initiation into the Ku Klux Klan.
— Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023 -
When a Twins pitcher wins his first career game, his teammates have an initiation of sorts.
— Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021 -
Vos cast doubt on approving some of Evers’ proposals, such as the one to ban the initiation of evictions until the end of 2021.
— Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2020 -
Since the initiation of the non-profit campaign, the goal of $1 million has been met, and a new goal of $2 million has been put into place, according to the press release.
— Shelby Stewart, Houston Chronicle, 31 July 2020 -
To receive a map from a cataphile is to participate in a sort of initiation.
— Ingrid Rojas Contreras, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023 -
Word is that our 2022 initiation into the realm of swelter could come as soon as Saturday.
— Martin Weil, Washington Post, 21 May 2022 -
Once a middling part of his empire, his golf and club business has become a cash gusher, a way to literally sell access to the most famous man on earth in the form of sky-high initiation fees.
— Dan Alexander, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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