incite

Example Sentences

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Researchers estimated that it would incite higher unemployment and create a drag of 1% to 3% on annual gross domestic product growth.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

They incite disputes because we live in a world that rewards arguing with undue power.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

But the capacity to incite Greta Thunberg to join a flotilla isn’t real international power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

The equality court ruled that these remarks "demonstrated an intent to incite harm", but the EFF said they were taken out of context.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

His master indeed forbade him from leaving his quarters on Sunday nights, for fear that in preaching of equality before the Lord on High, Isaac might incite riot on Earth.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson