incited

Example Sentences

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Kaufman wrote that the dare incited “hateful, offensive, and dangerous acts.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The man in the tub is the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat, a journalist and physician who had incited a series of judicial massacres.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Their passion incited a change of the film’s ending, and in turn, one of the all-time great professions of love ever captured on film — a change of fate, right at the stroke of midnight.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

"Prosecutors need to prove intent and causation that a post directly incited terrorism."

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Most of them gave technical evidence to show that I left the country illegally and that I had incited African workers to strike during the three-day stay-at-home in May 1961.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela