How to Use incite in a Sentence

incite

verb
  • The news incited widespread fear and paranoia.
  • The best way to incite a riot at a rock club?
    — Siran Babayan, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • For some, this might incite scary flashbacks to days at school.
    — Naomi Tomky, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Just people brought in to incite chaos.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Some show up to incite, not reform.
    — Melissa Derosa, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • None of which is to incite a pile-on on officials.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • How does that not incite you to fight for the freedoms of all people?
    — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
  • As for any concerns that your will may incite a divorce, what of it?
    — Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2021
  • This is the kind of rhetoric that incites violence.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Was there one inciting event that encouraged you to write this song?
    — Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
  • For a while now, the Tubs have been looking to incite a feud with a rival.
    — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • Stop inciting fear and anger though rhetoric and actions that are not rooted in truth.
    — Darrel Rowland, Cincinnati.com, 23 Apr. 2020
  • At the time, the blue, green, red and yellow totes incited a frenzy.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Things are odd enough on the yacht before the big, inciting maybe-murder.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Experts warn that if left unchecked, this type of rhetoric could again incite violence.
    — Garance Burke, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Some may want to go farther, to incite violence or even start a civil war.
    — Amy Cooter, The Conversation, 9 June 2020
  • Our goal was not to induce fear but to incite hope and galvanize viewers.
    — Tonya Lewis Lee, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2022
  • If any judge or family member is harmed, the world will know who incited it.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 June 2025
  • That tweet and rant seemed to have incited a feud with the Cardinals.
    — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Williams has said police believe many in the crowd came to the protest in order to incite riots.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 4 June 2020
  • But what’s a rom-com without some inciting shenanigans?
    — Adam Graham, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
  • For thousands of years, witch was a term used to incite violence against women.
    — Lisa Richardson, Longreads, 8 Apr. 2020
  • This soft, lightweight shirt is sure to incite some city pride when the recipient wears it.
    — Emilia Benton, Chron, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Its candor incited a small-scale moral panic.
    — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • As a result, the platforms have been weaponized and used to incite violence.
    — Kristina Libby, Popular Mechanics, 6 Aug. 2019
  • But the president’s claim that the election was being stolen could incite chaos in the days to come.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
  • But voters can say no to a politician that incites white folks to turn against their darker skin neighbors.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The vessels incited stampedes down store aisles and sold out in minutes.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The intention isn’t to incite a turf war with your daughter-in-law’s parents.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
  • Of course Mullen would incite a brawl and then fire up the fans in attendance acting like a wrestling heel.
    — John Talty | [email protected], al, 1 Nov. 2020

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