Sentence examples for kind of initiation from inspiring English sources
It was a kind of initiation.
New economies have always required a kind of initiation fee of those who would participate fully in them.
I remember spirit week our freshman year... a kind of initiation for us into the McMahon community.
For a child, she writes, "the first unprompted 'thank you' is momentous enough to count as a kind of initiation into a new level of human consciousness".
Those were the days when you might get a bit of a clump, almost as a kind of initiation, and there was no one to complain to.
The race discrimination commissioner argues that racism at its core is about an abuse of power, and appeals to Australians not be complacent about racial intolerance being some kind of "initiation rite" for new arrivals.
Was the attack some kind of gang initiation?
Over time, the simple fact that you work so much becomes proof that the job is worthwhile, and being in the office day and night becomes a kind of permanent initiation ritual.
The agoge and the Sparta that it produced can best be understood comparatively by reference to the kind of male initiation ceremonies and rituals found in other warrior societies.
"At first I thought it was some kind of gang initiation, but when I saw them pick him up and throw him into van..
