INITIATE in a Sentence

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116 example sentences for INITIATE, such as:
1. The initial letters alone are given.
2. The initial talks were the base of the later.
3. They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics.
4. The ability to initiate and operate independently.
5. The initial talks were the base of the later agreement.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of INITIATE
initiate
 v.  set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
 v.  bring up a topic for discussion
Classic Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1  So he made no trouble at all about leaving at the end of next week, and apparently is willing to initiate a young fellow, Joe Chambers, into as many mysteries of the craft as possible.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
2  His indignation was mounting, now that the initial hurt was subsiding.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
3  Chris wanted those with initial letters in the corner, because he had never seen any before.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: V
4  He felt vaguely that death must make a first choice of the men who were nearest; the initial morsels for the dragons would be then those who were following him.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
5  The initial letters alone are given.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
6  He regretted his initial plan, which had at first seemed so practical to him.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Two First Cross-examination
7  also now understood that the court was ashamed to summon those it accused to the attic of this building for the initial hearing, and why it preferred to impose upon them in their own homes.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
8  When she arrived at that letter the paralytic made her understand that she had spoken the initial letter of the thing he wanted.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort.
9  First, they can decipher all initial letters into political meanings.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER VI.
10  "Here," he said; and he wrote the initial letters, w, y, t, m, i, c, n, b, d, t, m, n, o, t.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 13
11  By the kings command, Maitre Corbeau was permitted to add a tail to his initial letter and to call himself Gorbeau.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU
12  The chief initial source of this was labor in the army, and his pay and bounty as a soldier.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In II
13  ceases to be the initials of an individual and becomes the badge of a society.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
14  Here, signed with her initials, is the very note which was no doubt quietly slipped into her hand at the door and which lured her within their reach.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
15  As to the note, it is important also, or at least the initials are, so I congratulate you again.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
Example Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  The ability to initiate and operate independently.
2  Each culture had a special ritual to initiate boys into manhood.
3  They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics.
4  They have decided to initiate legal proceedings against the newspaper.
5  The college is about to initiate a program in reducing math anxiety among students.
6  The initial talks were the base of the later agreement.
7  The initial talks were the base of the later.
8  The court's initial verdict in the police officers' trial set off serious riots.
9  The revenue from the farm could repay the initial outlay within three years.
10  We've sorted out the computer system's initial problems.
11  The initial image projected was of a caring, effective president.
12  The initial impact of the reforms will be felt most keenly in primary schools.
13  The initial stimulus came from a letter in the newspaper.
14  Predictably, after the initial media interest, the refugees now seem to have been forgotten.
15  Nevertheless there are initial considerations that all participant observers make to some extent prior to entering and during fieldwork.