Sample Sentences forinstigate (editor-reviewed)
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The group is accused of instigating the violence in the area.instigating = starting
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She does not think the current leadership will instigate significant social reform.instigate = take actions that create
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Naturally, you can instigate one if finding your father's identity is important to you. (source)instigate = start or take actions that will cause something to happen
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Even so, you could call her the instigator. (source)instigator = person who started something or caused it to happen
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Known as "the Butcher" and "the Quack," Kitamura was Ofuna's most eager instigator of beatings. (source)instigator = someone who starts something or causes it to happen
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He selects people who know absolutely nothing and instigates chaos through them. (source)instigates = starts or sets into motion
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When the second demo was finished, Alan instigated high-fives all around, and the young people laughed at his enthusiasm. (source)instigated = started or caused something to happen
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Katherine Tyler, thou art here accused that not having the fear of God before thine eyes thou hast had familiarity with Satan the grand enemy of God and man, and that by his instigation and help thou hast in a preternatural way afflicted and done harm to the bodies and estates of sundry of His Majesty's subjects, in the third year of His Majesty's reign, for which by the law of God and the law of the Colony thou deservest to die.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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What has become of Danglars, the instigator, and therefore the most guilty? (source)instigator = someone who started something or caused it to happen
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It sounds like he didn't really instigate anything.† (source)
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The instigators of the plot, if there was one, rotted in their graves along with the secret.† (source)
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Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. (source)instigates = sets into motion
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"I really can see myself going to Oklahoma," Michael said, provoking a frenzy on the Oklahoma football fan Web sites, and instigating a number of calls from Oklahoma coaches. (source)instigating = causing something to happen
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Such instigations have been often dropped (source)instigations = things started
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She instigated what happened last night.† (source)
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The invaders eventually overran Attolia as well as Sounis, but the rule of Eddis has never changed hands at the instigation of an outside force.† (source)
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