How to Use instigate in a Sentence

instigate

verb

• There has been an increase in the amount of violence instigated by gangs.
• The government has instigated an investigation into the cause of the accident.
• In the midst of it all, one new brand is here to instigate change from its founding.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 9 July 2020
• Buck hoped to instigate an uprising to force white settlers off the land and return it to the Creeks and Cherokees.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• And the way to defeat fringe elements who instigate and launch primaries is to fight them.
  — Charlie Dent, CNN, 1 May 2022
• This premise instigates the action in No Hard Feelings.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
• The data also tracks when these changes happened and who may have helped instigate them.
  — Kathy Stephenson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Sep. 2020
• Riyadh and Abu Dhabi even threatened to instigate a coup, forcing Qatar to build a new alliance with Turkey.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2021
• The victim, 31-year-old Bradley Arabie, instigated the fight, court records say, but was dwarfed by Sendejo’s size.
  — Rob Kuznia, CNN, 21 Mar. 2023
• Penn State police last week asked people to avoid the event, saying the speakers would attempt to instigate protests.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
• The challenge is to instigate a party but make sure that people are invited to the party.
  — Vulture, 26 Apr. 2022
• But Brooks — who instigated things with James last spring in the playoffs as a member of the Memphis Grizzlies — wasn’t going to back down.
  — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Immediately after the terry tribute, a male fan instigates a tug-of-war for the rag, pulling the woman to the ground.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2023
• Some of these bans have been instigated by a single parental complaint.
  — Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
• The project was instigated by the Mughal emperor Akbar, who had brought two Persian artists to his court in India.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• So Biden’s federal government has to instigate, to work the gaps.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 20 Jan. 2021
• Roll into the throttle from rest and, by the top of first gear, the V-6 is taxing the tires sufficiently to instigate traction control, which then steps in even more in the wake of the 1-2 upshift.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 28 June 2021
• Not only did Chris instigate this, but this is all playing out on TV so reneging is pointless.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
• Mark Levin, the talk radio host, scoffed at the notion that Mr. Trump had tried to overturn the election or instigate an insurrection.
  — New York Times, 24 July 2022
• The person fans don’t like, or the person instigating drama?
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2024
• Many among Russia’s elite also believe the crash was instigated by the Kremlin.
  — Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• Employers are in a unique position to instigate the culture shift to more cycling.
  — Kiran Herbert, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2022
• If the first look is any indication, the gang manages to find plenty of time to instigate old feuds and ignite new flings between hitting the slopes in Stowe, Vermont.
  — Julia Meehan, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
• America is only governable if those of us who are governed feel that we are heard and can instigate change.
  — Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
• Those concerts and events like them will hopefully instigate change.
  — Beth Wood Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2021
• The No Jumper staff is making clips and thumbnails that instigate that energy, and they’re put all over their social media [channels].
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2023
• All of these subtle dynamics are instigated through the clothes.
  — India Roby, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 June 2023
• Manion says Johnson played an active role in instigating the crowd and fighting back against police the first night of the uprising and joined folks throwing over cars.
  — Lola Méndez, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2023
• The decision to arrest Gershkovich must have been instigated at the highest level of the Kremlin.
  — Randy Teague, National Review, 3 May 2023
• So while the inclusion standards might be needed today to instigate change, some of the results of that change are not going to be realized a year or even two years from now.
  — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024