How to Use induce in a Sentence

induce

verb
  • No one knows what induced him to leave.
  • The advertisement is meant to induce people to eat more fruit.
  • Her illness was induced by overwork.
  • They will induce labor to avoid complications.
  • Thompson Pass, on the way to Valdez, has the same set-up to induce slides.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Chan induced two popouts on two pitches to get out of the jam.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2023
  • Now Biden can try to appeal to them and induce a nice back-and-forth.
    Alexis Pereira, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The rules state that NIL isn’t supposed to be used to induce recruits to come to a school.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 9 June 2022
  • However, William Bush came in and induced Will Spivey to pop out to end the game.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 4 May 2023
  • The team then used a laser to induce a small burn on the abdominal wall.
    Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 4 Mar. 2021
  • On Tuesday, the yield fell by the most in a day since the turmoil induced by the banking crisis in March.
    Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Finding a spot out of the way, whether in your garage or in your apartment, can induce all kinds of headaches.
    WIRED, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Combine this with a stretch that will induce a feeling of calm.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 Nov. 2021
  • What if there were a pill that would instead induce that kind of calm breathing for you?
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Vans and Sandy Liang are back to induce more nostalgia in 2022.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 12 Jan. 2022
  • This time, a fastball at the top of the strike zone induced an inning-ending flyout.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The risk of being set apart might induce you to tone yourself down today.
    Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2022
  • The boss of horn that covers his brain can induce hemorrhage by a butt.
    Robert Ruark, Field & Stream, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Yet the move could induce other streamers—and small studios—to strike their own deals to not be left out.
    Angela Watercutter, Wired, 26 May 2021
  • For now, efforts to make sense of the likelihood of war are likely to induce whiplash.
    Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Labor was induced that day, and her son was born safely, but Tarrien wasn't out of the woods yet.
    Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Much of the benefit can likely be explained by weight loss induced by the drug.
    WIRED, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Just the thought of filling up the gas tank at $6 a gallon can induce anxiety.
    Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Without a push, a cat would have no leverage, nothing to induce it to turn right side up.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022
  • That’s in contrast to many of the new vaccines that induce human cells to make the viral proteins.
    Fortune, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Try this standing side stretch to open yourself up and induce feelings of calm.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 Nov. 2021
  • If nothing changed in a few hours, she would be given medicine to induce labor.
    Ryan Ruby, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
  • Any spot on your body that induces arousal can be paired to create a blended orgasm.
    Amanda Chatel, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Alvarado needed two pitches to end the game, inducing a lineout from Marlins infielder Xavier Edwards to preserve an 11-10 win.
    Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Ricks had to introduce conflict and contrary opinions in meetings to induce richer discussion and honest evaluation of projects and their risks and benefits.
    Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2025

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