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

Someone ordered an Irish whiskey and didn’t incite a diplomatic incident.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

When asked whether his statements were likely to incite division, the Reform MP claimed these were "legitimate concerns" that were causing "such distress and disquiet in so many communities around the UK".

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

I have thought that my family, having settled among immigrants who had also been their neighbors in the ancestral land, needed to clean their name, and a wrong word would incite the kinspeople even here.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston