How to Use initiation in a Sentence

initiation

noun

• Police are not aware of any video that captures the initiation of the fight between the two men.
  — Megan Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2021
• There was the one about a gang initiation in Little Rock.
  — Eula Calahan, Arkansas Online, 8 Aug. 2023
• The journey is arguably akin to an initiation; the road is rough, but the reward is sweet.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2023
• The Big Ten had set a deadline of Wednesday for the initiation of rapid testing.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2020
• At times, such as in 2012, Trump waived the initiation fee entirely to draw in new blood.
  — Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2021
• The weak wait for the strong—their motion is all response, no initiation.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
• The nagging is most fierce on the days when the sounds of the traditional drums echo through Port Loko for an initiation.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2022
• The initiation is the first among firms tracked by Bloomberg since shares started trading last week.
  — Fortune, 21 Sep. 2020
• The third concern is that prior to the initiation of phase 2, funds utilized for phase 1 would have to be repaid.
  — al, 27 Apr. 2021
• The 20-year-old, nearly 7-foot-4 rookie’s initiation to the NBA world has drawn rave reviews in many ways.
  — Tim Reynolds, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
• Selmont did not respond to a query about the gang initiation claim.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2020
• The toon movie turns on one keenie’s life story from initiation to old age, says Bonet.
  — Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 25 Nov. 2022
• The first candidate for initiation this year was a teenager whose face had been smeared with mud and the dregs of homemade beer.
  — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024
• Sam Bankman-Fried: The crypto kid had a tough initiation to the world of big-money politics.
  — Dan Alexander, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• Without that initiation, there’s no call to be made there.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
• According to the church, baptism is the first of three sacraments of initiation.
  — Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2022
• But the people who went through the embarrassing initiation liked the group more and were more eager to join it than the control group.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2021
• Equinoxes happen twice a year, during the initiation of fall and spring.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• For once, the talk wasn’t about the initiation of unproven young players but established stars.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Aug. 2019
• The past few days have been about as intense an initiation into the job as anyone could imagine.
  — Will McCarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Sep. 2022
• Their arrival and the initiation of a civilian trial is a victory for the families of the hostages who were killed.
  — Adam Goldman, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2020
• The Satere-Mawe people of Brazil use bullet ants in their warrior initiation rites.
  — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2020
• According to the family, pledges at the party said Oakes drank a large bottle of whiskey in an hour as part of an initiation process and then passed out.
  — NBC News, 25 Sep. 2021
• Some 40 men wearing white robes and hoods gathered for a new member's initiation into the Ku Klux Klan.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
• When a Twins pitcher wins his first career game, his teammates have an initiation of sorts.
  — Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
• The next day, new pledges began texting each other about their injuries from the initiation event.
  — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2019
• Vos cast doubt on approving some of Evers’ proposals, such as the one to ban the initiation of evictions until the end of 2021.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2020
• Since the initiation of the non-profit campaign, the goal of $1 million has been met, and a new goal of $2 million has been put into place, according to the press release.
  — Shelby Stewart, Houston Chronicle, 31 July 2020
• Quayle, who was 41 at the time, had gone through a rough initiation after his surprise selection to serve as George H.W. Bush’s running mate.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
• At the time of our initiation in May 2023 , the most exciting diagnostic appeared to be Vizamyl, which is used in the detection of Alzheimer’s disease.
  — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024