inciting
- present participle of incite.
Example Sentences
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A brilliant cameo from Aniston promoting her new cookbook, with such adventurous epicurean dishes as “boiled hot dogs and peas,” serves as the film’s inciting event.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
The families of Stephen Oglivie and Henry Nowak have been resolute in demanding that these horrific attacks not be leveraged for inciting disorder—or for terrorizing the U.K.’s many immigrants.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
Jonathan’s curiosity is piqued, and he slips away from his wife’s side to get to the bottom of why they’re being followed — which is revealed to be the novel’s inciting incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Then in 2001, he was imprisoned for three years for "inciting subversion of state power".
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
“Will you kindly leave? You are inciting my mother.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
