On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Instigation. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as abetment or encouragement and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Instigation in a sentence
Instigation meaning
The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.
Synonyms of Instigation
Using Instigation
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.
- Useful related words include: abetment, abettal, encouragement, fomentation.
- In the example corpus, instigation often appears in combinations such as: instigation of, the instigation, instigation by.
Context around Instigation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Instigation
- In this selection, "instigation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, police, students, titled, aspiration and thousands stand out and add context to how "instigation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a simple instigation that gets and at her instigation thousands of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "instigation" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with instigation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The instigation was pretty continual and obvious. (7 words)
It's a shame there's not footage of the instigation of the incident. (14 words)
If it’s the police instigation or opposing students instigation, we already have all of their information. (17 words)
A squeeze can happen when stock prices rise far above the point at which short investors sold their shares, and they feel forced to repurchase them to cut their losses — or at the instigation of the underlying owners of the shares. (41 words)
What is now called the English Football Association (FA) was formed at the instigation of a young solicitor from Hull, Ebenezer Morley, and what he proposed would be seen now as a basis for rugby with extra violence. (38 words)
The government said of the 1,881 land owners, only 239 raised objections to the acquisition of land, and it was due to the instigation of a few people for their personal benefits. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
If it’s the police instigation or opposing students instigation, we already have all of their information.
He is being held on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism acts.
Some analysts believe that this division and instigation of one group against the others in the country fueled insecurity in the country.
The government said of the 1,881 land owners, only 239 raised objections to the acquisition of land, and it was due to the instigation of a few people for their personal benefits.
What is now called the English Football Association (FA) was formed at the instigation of a young solicitor from Hull, Ebenezer Morley, and what he proposed would be seen now as a basis for rugby with extra violence.
At the instigation of Harbhajan Singh, Sourav Ganguly decided to shake a leg when Usha Uthup sang on a television show.
It is due to instigation by the BJP leaders, incidents of firing took place outside and Jamia Millia,” she said.
L’s work mounted last fall, collectively titled “Instigation, Aspiration, Perspiration,” and organized by MoMAWhitney Museum of American Art and the Public Art Fund.
At present, certain fringe elements may be drawing courage from the silent support of those in power and the invisible instigation by segments in the opposition.
In his Al Qaeda-type video message, Mahmudur Rahman gave instigation to the younger generation in Bangladesh calling upon them to wage “another war” to “rescue democracy” in Bangladesh.
It's a shame there's not footage of the instigation of the incident.
Mr Mujaya said according to the record Mr Makomo later recused himself at the instigation of Guvamombe on July 18.
Naypyitaw’s agenda is to mislead Beijing, Delhi and other international community by false putting blame on Dhaka for giving instigation to Rohingyas in staging terrorism inside Myanmar.
This murder serves as a mirror to that of The Comedian in the original—a simple instigation that gets messy fast.
A squeeze can happen when stock prices rise far above the point at which short investors sold their shares, and they feel forced to repurchase them to cut their losses — or at the instigation of the underlying owners of the shares.
Just a few years before Paul wrote his letter to the Romans, the empire had expelled Jews from Rome for “rioting at the instigation of Chrestus,” according to the Roman historian Suetonius.
The instigation was pretty continual and obvious.
A marriage of sorts was arranged between Dido and Aeneas at the instigation of Juno, who was told that her favorite city would eventually be defeated by the Trojans' descendants.
At her instigation, thousands of Huguenots were murdered in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572.
At the instigation of Varlaam and Misail, the vagabonds prepare to hang the Jesuits, who appeal to the Holy Virgin for aid.
Common combinations with instigation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- instigation of 21×
- the instigation 20×
- instigation by 2×
- instigation to 2×