His object was to instigate a little rebellion on the part of the opposition. From LearnThat.org.
Areas like Atlanta down through Tampa and parts of Florida will see some heavy rainfall today and that kind of instigate some delays there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2009] Reference
Scratch the word "instigate" as is true, may not be the appropriate word. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider] Reference
Even if UMNO says it is willing to change, there are still a handful of recalcitrant leaders who are more than ready to "instigate" the other races. From Wordnik.com. [My Sinchew -] Reference
If it steals we instigate, despite our canting hypocrisy. From Wordnik.com. [The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel] Reference
We in the press aid the evasion-and sometimes instigate it. From Wordnik.com. [Book Excerpt: 'Untruth: Why The Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong'] Reference
"Maybe it will instigate more art and better art," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Surfer Statue Stokes Gnarly Controversy in California] Reference
It was always my hope to instigate discussion and debate amongst readers. From Wordnik.com. [James Sims: Death of a Theatre Critic, Again] Reference
Do you instigate against a whole country based on unsubstantiated wild stories?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2005] Reference
French should instigate them, by artfully giving them an expectation of freedom. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
I have let you recruit criminals and instigate riots while you live in my mansion. From Wordnik.com. [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference
In January he had endeavoured to instigate a breach of the Independents with the Scots. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
She who was herself so ready to commit deeds of blood would be quick to instigate others. From Wordnik.com. [Notable Women of Olden Time] Reference
O'BRIEN: This is what the government -- is it the government's role to instigate this process?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2006] Reference
And I don't know if that maybe was something that would instigate, you know, Artest, later on. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 23, 2004] Reference
But motives of still wider scope and bearing instigate the unfriendly acts of England and France. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
It would be improper to crowd it thus into a letter, unless to instigate to further investigation. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham.] Reference
But the personal aggression on the wit by the dunce, may fairly instigate the wit to flay the dunce. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
Palin and Bailey both said that Palin did not instigate Bailey's complaints about Wooten to the police. From Wordnik.com. [Warned by the Court] Reference
"I haven't got enough to spend upon myself and here I have you, better still, to instigate me to be more open-handed!". From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
So the U.S. does believe that it is facing an attempt by al Qaeda to infiltrate Iraq and instigate attacks against the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2004] Reference
Louisa hates me; she will never cease to intrigue against me, and to instigate her husband to pursue a course hostile to me. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
Perhaps our M. E.P.s will instigate a European inquiry into the disturbing issues surrounding the farcical British inquiry system. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
And peer pressure's influence on both of these forces encourages your children to instigate and attempt to win battles of will with you. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jim Taylor: Parenting Advice: When to Win, When to Surrender] Reference
And we have jobless youth in our society that when you give them a little money, and you instigate them, they are willing to do anything. From Wordnik.com. [Violence Kills Hundreds In Nigerian City] Reference
Was he a short-tempered but essentially good-natured buffoon, or was this the man whose childish overreactions would instigate nuclear war?. From Wordnik.com. [Khrushchev in the Land of Lincoln] Reference
Beyond all doubt, the system of slavery encourages those habits and passions which make the soldier, and which instigate and maintain wars. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Foster had played a behind-the-scenes role, prodding one of his deputies to instigate an FBI investigation into purported improprieties by the employees. From Wordnik.com. [Why Vince Foster Died] Reference
(Admittedly, he was not always ready for prime time, sometimes yelling, "Get out of that car," as if trying to instigate a brawl that he would most certainly lose.). From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: Scenes From A Fledgling Movement] Reference
If I had ten hundred years to answer that question I would barely scratch the surface of the monstrous deeds the words in this book could be used to instigate and inflame. From Wordnik.com. [‘Mister B. Gone’] Reference
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