INITIATION in a Sentence

Learn INITIATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
116 example sentences for INITIATION, such as:
1. The initial letters alone are given.
2. The initial talks were the base of the later.
3. This was my initiation into the peace movement.
4. There's no initiation either into such mysteries.
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 INITIATION
initiation
 n.  an act that sets in motion some course of events
 n.  wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge
Classic Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1  You will perhaps also see in your further initiation a like method of enlightenment.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III
2  "If you are resolved, I must begin your initiation," said the Rhetor coming closer to Pierre.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III
3  But I remarked that the Old Soldier took him into custody directly, for her partner; and instructed him, as the first preliminary of initiation, to give her all the silver he had in his pocket.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
4  It struck her as providential that she should be the instrument of his initiation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
5  There's no initiation either into such mysteries.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
6  His indignation was mounting, now that the initial hurt was subsiding.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
7  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
8  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
9  The initial letters alone are given.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
10  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
11  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 ...
12  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.
13  First, they can decipher all initial letters into political meanings.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER VI.
14  "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
15  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
Example Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  They announced the initiation of a rural development programme.
2  This was my initiation into the peace movement.
3  The initial talks were the base of the later agreement.
4  The initial talks were the base of the later.
5  The court's initial verdict in the police officers' trial set off serious riots.
6  The revenue from the farm could repay the initial outlay within three years.
7  We've sorted out the computer system's initial problems.
8  The initial image projected was of a caring, effective president.
9  The initial impact of the reforms will be felt most keenly in primary schools.
10  The initial stimulus came from a letter in the newspaper.
11  Predictably, after the initial media interest, the refugees now seem to have been forgotten.
12  Nevertheless there are initial considerations that all participant observers make to some extent prior to entering and during fieldwork.
13  An Invoicer participant provides the Invoicing service for calculating the initial price for a purchase order.
14  His initial surge of euphoria was quickly followed by dismay.
15  In the initial stages, the researcher needs to understand the market, and the client's position and objectives within it.