Get to know Instigate better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like stimulate or get.
Instigate meaning
- To bring about by urging or encouraging.
- To goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions.
Synonyms of Instigate
Using Instigate
- The main meaning on this page is: To bring about by urging or encouraging. | To goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions.
- Useful related words include: stimulate, get, have, cause.
- In the example corpus, instigate often appears in combinations such as: to instigate, instigate crisis, would instigate.
Context around Instigate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Instigate
- In this selection, "instigate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, website, political, elon and positive stand out and add context to how "instigate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include afraid to instigate other contestants and designed to instigate conflict. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "instigate" sits close to words such as abm, adsl and adua, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with instigate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dishonest coverage of “racism” designed to instigate conflict. (8 words)
Is Vishal trying to instigate Shehnaaz Gill against Sidharth Shukla? (10 words)
Harrison wasn't afraid to instigate other contestants into a fight. (11 words)
Responding, Mr. Gbuapaye said although Major Koijee was in the area to grace a dedicatory ceremony of a market hall constructed by Josephine Davis, the Inspector General of the Ministry of Commerce, he did not participate or instigate any act of violence. (42 words)
On the attempts by Gurpatwant Singh Pannu of outfit to instigate people and foment trouble in Punjab, Amarinder said he will not let Punjab’s hard-earned peace be disturbed at any cost by any foreign elements. (37 words)
He told MailOnline: 'Our landlords have varied greatly in their support, one even tried to claim in their response that they 'wouldn't instigate legal proceedings' - mirroring their legal obligations from the new law. (34 words)
Did a right-wing website instigate Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover and his fight with the ADL? (17 words)
Is Vishal trying to instigate Shehnaaz Gill against Sidharth Shukla? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
But being bad at terrorism is no defense, especially for someone who keeps trying to instigate political violence.
Did a right-wing website instigate Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover and his fight with the ADL?
Harrison wasn't afraid to instigate other contestants into a fight.
If you accept what you see, you'll be able to use this info to instigate positive changes.
That said, this could all be part of a larger plan to instigate multiple incursions to kill his variants or even something more drastic as a mad dash to build his ranks.
The group also warned those planning to instigate crisis in the country to deviate from it and instead, support the incoming administration of Tinubu.
The MOU will also instigate a programme of actions that will cover institutional relations, culture and heritage, and research, fisheries and diaspora.
The mum asked whether she was 'overreacting' and for advice on what she could do to instigate change.
Earlier in the trial, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke directed the jury to find Mr Higgins not guilty of misusing his police powers to instigate a prior relationship of Ms O’Neill.
However, she refused to specify what action—if any—she would instigate to thwart it from achieving its malevolent goals.
In your relationship world, unless you're prepared to make the effort to instigate a change, you're going to be waiting for a while.
The content of the campaign should not instigate caste or religious sentiments and no campaign should be held after 10 p.m.
While Scotland had initially planned to instigate this prohibition from April next year, it will now be postponed until June 1 to coincide with the measures in England and Wales.
As Election Day nears, President Trump has increasingly threatened to instigate voter intimidation.
Dishonest coverage of “racism” designed to instigate conflict.
He added that there is no proof that he has posted or circulated such images with the intention to instigate or commit any illegal act or to join the IS.
He told MailOnline: 'Our landlords have varied greatly in their support, one even tried to claim in their response that they 'wouldn't instigate legal proceedings' - mirroring their legal obligations from the new law.
Is Vishal trying to instigate Shehnaaz Gill against Sidharth Shukla?
On the attempts by Gurpatwant Singh Pannu of outfit to instigate people and foment trouble in Punjab, Amarinder said he will not let Punjab’s hard-earned peace be disturbed at any cost by any foreign elements.
Responding, Mr. Gbuapaye said although Major Koijee was in the area to grace a dedicatory ceremony of a market hall constructed by Josephine Davis, the Inspector General of the Ministry of Commerce, he did not participate or instigate any act of violence.
Common combinations with instigate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to instigate 40×
- instigate crisis 4×
- would instigate 4×
- instigate the 4×
- not instigate 3×
- instigate people 3×
- instigate change 2×
- instigate to 2×
- or instigate 2×
- instigate and 2×