incite
verb (used with object)
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action.
is inciting
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present progressiveof incite (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But just the side issue of how to pay for the state’s roads, as more electric cars deplete the state’s gas tax revenues, is inciting some incendiary reactions from the public of late.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
"There is no reason to think she is inciting anyone or that she will be starting a riot," he said.
From Fox News ● Oct. 31, 2021
Its pattern is inciting incident, rising tension, explosive climax and denouement.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2020
“Any party that is inciting against a minority group cannot be trusted,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2016
"You mean," said I, "that the German government is inciting to massacre?"
From The Eye of Zeitoon by Talbot Mundy
