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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was inciting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that was encouraging or provoking a particular behavior or response in the past.
Example: "The speech he gave was inciting unrest among the crowd."
Alternatives: "was provoking" or "was instigating".
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He was inciting voters to take leave of their senses.
The police said the website was inciting crime and it had too many videos that were pushing an agenda, it was inciting too much gang culture.
His crime was "inciting subversion".Life has never been easy in China for people like Mr Tan.
Some argued that the rhetoric notably of the "Black Lives Matter" movement was inciting violence against officers.
The divide over whether this event was inciting hatred or was just a defense of free speech is fraught.
Judge McAvoy ruled that evidence showed that the Web site was inciting people to violate the tax laws.
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This was incited by Paris-Presse's headline stories, accusing America of supplying arms to the Arabs to murder Frenchmen.
A fatal crash in Beijing's Tiananmen Square earlier this week was incited by a separatist Islamic group, a Chinese official has said.
China's top security official says a deadly crash in Beijing's Tiananmen Square was incited by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.
They attracted a crowd that was incited to riot.
My speculation and curiosity with the challenge was incited on two fronts.
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