How to Use induce in a Sentence

induce

verb

• No one knows what induced him to leave.
• The advertisement is meant to induce people to eat more fruit.
• Her illness was induced by overwork.
• They will induce labor to avoid complications.
• Thompson Pass, on the way to Valdez, has the same set-up to induce slides.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2023
• Chan induced two popouts on two pitches to get out of the jam.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2023
• Now Biden can try to appeal to them and induce a nice back-and-forth.
  — Alexis Pereira, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2021
• The rules state that NIL isn’t supposed to be used to induce recruits to come to a school.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 9 June 2022
• However, William Bush came in and induced Will Spivey to pop out to end the game.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 4 May 2023
• On Tuesday, the yield fell by the most in a day since the turmoil induced by the banking crisis in March.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• Finding a spot out of the way, whether in your garage or in your apartment, can induce all kinds of headaches.
  — WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
• Combine this with a stretch that will induce a feeling of calm.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 Nov. 2021
• What if there were a pill that would instead induce that kind of calm breathing for you?
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
• Vans and Sandy Liang are back to induce more nostalgia in 2022.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• This time, a fastball at the top of the strike zone induced an inning-ending flyout.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2023
• The risk of being set apart might induce you to tone yourself down today.
  — Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2022
• For now, efforts to make sense of the likelihood of war are likely to induce whiplash.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2022
• Much of the benefit can likely be explained by weight loss induced by the drug.
  — WIRED, 11 Nov. 2023
• Just the thought of filling up the gas tank at $6 a gallon can induce anxiety.
  — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2022
• Without a push, a cat would have no leverage, nothing to induce it to turn right side up.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022
• Try this standing side stretch to open yourself up and induce feelings of calm.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 Nov. 2021
• If nothing changed in a few hours, she would be given medicine to induce labor.
  — Ryan Ruby, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
• Tough love might induce the migrants to stay home and fight to clean up their corrupt governments.
  — WSJ, 20 Sep. 2021
• Neris struck out Tyler Black and induced Willy Adames to hit a grounder to short that stranded the tying run on second.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2024
• The worst outcome for any Chinese leader would be to try to take the island but fail, which induces caution.
  — M. Taylor Fravel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2023
• The team used the speakers to broadcast the sounds of their natural predators—ravens, for instance—to induce fear.
  — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2022
• Those sagging smiles and rotten teeth can induce shivers regardless of how cheesy the rest of the movie is.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 May 2024
• However, schools still cannot induce a player to come play for them.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2023
• Both drugs are used to induce abortions and help clear miscarriages.
  — Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Dec. 2024
• Additionally, magnesium is also necessary for GABA synthesis, a neurotransmitter that reduces the activity of the central nervous system and induces a state of calm.
  — Ana Morales, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025