Example Sentences

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“It is a cliché that Turkey was instigating it,” Mr. Shafiyev, of the Center for Analysis of International Relations, said of Azerbaijan’s venture into war.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2020

Soon Costa was instigating another move, using his strength and skill to turn and charge forward before finding Hazard.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2016

He wished not to be seen in company with his son, or to let it be supposed that he was instigating him in his siege on Maiden May’s heart.

From Won from the Waves by Greene, John B.