inciting

Example Sentences

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Wood says the drama is "not inciting violence in any way".

From BBC • May 8, 2026

McDaniel views her daughter Luna’s birth as the inciting incident into her true calling — becoming the “Womb Witch.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Curiously, this was not a prevailing gripe about “Frankenstein,” despite del Toro changing the ending, altering the inciting events of the Creature’s creation and adding new characters while changing the textual behavior of key others.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

After the match, Mourinho hit out at Vinicius for inciting Benfica's players and fans with his celebration following his winning goal in the first leg of the knockout phase play-off tie.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

No, Penelope was certain; Lady Constance would rather endure a dozen wild children living in Ashton Place than risk inciting the kind of home wrecking that had transpired.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood