Example Sentences

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While publicly backing his player Prestianni, Mourinho suggested Vinicius had incited tensions through his celebration in front of the home support.

From BBC • May 30, 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

Effectively, Chutkan was telling those defendants that she understood their arguments that Trump had incited their actions, but was nonetheless holding them responsible for their crimes, McQuade added.

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2023

The fuel tax that had incited so much anger was also abandoned.

From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2019

Perhaps he was afraid he would be held responsible for her escape, afraid the master would think John had incited her to run away.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry