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.
• For now, efforts to make sense of the likelihood of war are likely to induce whiplash.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2022
• Children may get scared more easily, so kids’ news outlets tend to try not to induce too much fear, Gewirtz said.
  — Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 25 Jan. 2022
• 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
• A ton of energy is needed to even induce the fusion reaction.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 27 Jan. 2022
• To test the benefits of sleep after a heart attack, researchers then interrupted sleep for half the mice that had induced heart attacks.
  — Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 1 Nov. 2024
• Like the pain of labor, the angst induced by this U.S. election will hopefully fade once we are presented with the results.
  — Diane Brady, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
• But the demand, and some government guarantees to manufacturers, may induce test makers to make more of them faster.
  — Damon Darlin, Quartz, 19 Jan. 2022
• The fact that at-home abortions will continue means that women and people with wombs can take the medication required to induce a termination at home.
  — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• Not for the shallow motive of transhistorical blame, much less to induce personal comfort or discomfort, but rather in the service of truth.
  — Zadie Smith, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2022
• This shift has been induced by the Fed’s recent interest rate cut – coming after 11 straight rate rises – and the prospect of more cuts as inflation cools.
  — Control Risks, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
• In criminal law, entrapment occurs when law enforcement or government agents try to induce or encourage someone to commit a crime.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
• Vibrational sound therapy combines powerful vibration and sound to induce a relaxed state, helping to re-align the frequencies of the body for balance and healing.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2022
• Omicron does not induce cell to cell fusion (syncytial formation) in cell culture, consistent with endosomal entry.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
• For most women, periods don’t stop suddenly, although there are exceptions when menopause is induced by surgery or certain medical treatments that stop ovarian function.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• If nothing changed in a few hours, she would be given medicine to induce labor.
  — Ryan Ruby, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024