How to Use initiation in a Sentence

initiation

noun

• 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 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 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
• The toon movie turns on one keenie’s life story from initiation to old age, says Bonet.
  — Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 25 Nov. 2022
• Sam Bankman-Fried: The crypto kid had a tough initiation to the world of big-money politics.
  — Dan Alexander, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• According to the church, baptism is the first of three sacraments of initiation.
  — Adam Terro, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2022
• Equinoxes happen twice a year, during the initiation of fall and spring.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• To receive a map from a cataphile is to participate in a sort of initiation.
  — Ingrid Rojas Contreras, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
• Word is that our 2022 initiation into the realm of swelter could come as soon as Saturday.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 21 May 2022
• My initiation into geekdom came when my parents enrolled me in a Montessori school at the age of 3.
  — Andrew McAfee, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2023
• This led to the initiation of the flight termination system.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 May 2023
• These seizures became the basis, in part, for the initiation of the wiretap investigation of Thomas by DEA agents.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• The night before the initiation rite ends, musicians play traditional drums in the compound where the boys have stayed.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2021
• Gambill said he was murdered as part of the killer’s initiation into the Aryan Brotherhood.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2022
• Austin and Shoigu previously spoke Friday at the initiation of the Pentagon and in May.
  — Helene Cooper, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2022
• As part of the initiation, Deloria, 64, recalled camping around a bonfire as a canoe made its way across a dark lake.
  — NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
• The initiation of eviction proceedings against a tenant should always be the choice of last resort.
  — Ari Chazanas, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• However, in this case, there was about a 40-second delay between the initiation of the system and the rocket breaking apart.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 May 2023
• In this day and age — in the wake of all that imploded in Evanston, Ill., for common sense’s sake — what used to amount to good ol’ rough-and-tumble initiations and tests of toughness have gone the way of the woolly mammoth.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• New moons are generally a time for action, initiation, creation, and a good moment to go full-on for your dreams.
  — Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2022
• Here were Martha and Bonnie, my two best friends from Girl Scouts; snapshots of my church group; a picture of me and my pledge sisters dressed up for a goofy sorority initiation.
  — Julie Ann Canniff, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2023
• However, there was about a 40-second delay between the initiation of the system and the rocket breaking apart.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2023
• And for the most part, players and coaches see these dinners as a classic initiation ritual.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022
• In fact, only one person has joined the Tents in the 20 years following Ms. Gregory’s initiation.
  — Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2022
• Carry out your initiation killings against rival gangs or mobs.
  — Marc Philippe Eskenazi, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024