Example Sentences

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Anger over water shortages has incited multiple protests on the streets of the capital.

From Reuters • Jun. 30, 2023

“Pervasive media coverage of the case has incited a wave of public passion in the Yakima community,” a court document said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

This isn't the first "Jeopardy!" guest host that has incited controversy.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2021

Cho's release has incited public fear and anxiety in South Korea.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2021

This being," she soliloquised; "has awakened to a sense of perception; and all through my fault, for it's that ballad of mine yesterday which has incited this!

From Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft