inciting

Example Sentences

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The men were found guilty of violating Kosovo's constitutional order and inciting terrorist activities.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 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

Kiswani said on X that pro-Israel groups had been inciting people to target her.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 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

Then again, if he ran there now, he could combine the sweatiness and out-of-breathness with the fear to see if it was all three of them together that was the inciting factor.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste