incident

[ˈɪnsɪdənt]

Definition:
1. A single distinct event.
2. A public disturbance.
3. A serious or violent event, such as a crime, an accident or an attack.

Use 'incident' in a sentence:

1. The headteacher, Maureen Cobbett, sent a letter to parents which said, "I'm writing to let you know that there has been an incident involving a pupil."
2. Are you saying that she's trying to blot out all memory of the incident?
3. Forces in Japan was informed of the August incident in late October, a public information officer said.
4. Of course, it follows that if you can't remember an incident as a child, you probably won't remember it as an adult.
5. He was grateful that she didn't tell his parents about the incident.
6. Nothing can erase the incident from his memory.
7. The incident brought the problem of violence in schools into sharp focus.
8. The incident was used as a pretext for intervention in the area.
9. If the reports are well-founded, the incident could seriously aggravate relations between the two nations.
10. The incident hardened her resolve to leave the company.
11. I recall an incident in a handball game when a referee refused a player's request for a time out for a glove change because he did not consider them wet enough.
12. There was a shooting incident near here last night.
13. They worshipped the gods all the more after the incident.
14. A member of the security forces was killed in a sniping incident.
15. The incident served as a timely reminder of just how dangerous mountaineering can be.
16. The incident cast doubt on her motives and reliability.
17. The incident has received wide coverage in the press.
18. Am I at risk because of some incident in my sexual past?
19. Some slight incident may touch off a major war.
20. Journalists who were tipped off about the incident raced to the scene.
21. His abhorrence of racism led him to write "The Algiers Motel Incident."
22. With the passage of time the incident was forgotten.
23. The school had been negligent in not informing the child's parents about the incident.
24. These incidents were the latest in a series of disputes between the two nations.
25. The demonstration passed off without incident .
26. Last night police staged a reconstruction of the incident.
27. I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident.
28. The incident has sadly only served to highlight the differences within the party.
29. Last night my granddad left me alone in the house again, the first time since Monday night's incident.
30. Although this incident very much alters the race of the two participants competing for a win, both are going to continue on their way toward the finish line.
31. A nasty incident was prevented by the timely arrival of the police.
32. The incident sparked off a whole series of events that nobody had foreseen.
33. His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident.
34. The incident left me with a sense of helplessness.
35. The incident that morning still hung like a cloud over them.
36. To satisfy his thirst for poaching, tour operators and safari hunters were alerted to report finding any poaching incident.
37. The parents had been misinformed about the incident.
38. She denied all knowledge of the incident.
39. Roads were sealed off because of a major incident.
40. A railway worker named Phineas Gage survived an incident during which a metal rod skewered his skull, taking a considerable amount of his neocortex with it.
41. Surprisingly, he found that errors were more likely when the referees were close to the incident.
42. He amplified the whole course of the incident.
43. 26 people have been killed in a dramatic shooting incident.
44. The Super Bowl incident, which Ms. Jackson termed a "wardrobe malfunction", has prompted new scrutiny of indecency on the airwaves.
45. He expressed his condolences to the families of the people who died in the incident.
46. The army said it had started an investigation into what it described as a regrettable incident.
47. Her account of the incident was a grotesque distortion of the truth.
48. The demonstration passed off without incident.
49. It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration; it was not just a single incident.
50. When exactly did the incident occur?
51. Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down. "I was probably up against the most fear I've ever had." she says.
52. The pictures provide irrefutable evidence of the incident.
53. The movie is based on a real-life incident.
54. We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.
55. The next key element of the a well-made play is referred to as the inciting incident.
56. The incident stuck in my mind because it was the first example I had seen of racism in that country.
57. That incident changed their lives.
58. When he finished with a final birdie, any seriousness of the incident gave way to levity.
59. Why have you singled out this incident for criticism?
60. The incident caused a great deal of political mischief.
61. One particular incident sticks in my mind.
62. What does the paper say about the horrible incident that happened this morning on Flight 870 to Hong kong?
63. This incident reflects badly on everyone involved.
64. He kept a level head through the whole incident.
65. The police said the attack was an isolated incident.
66. This latest incident could derail the peace process.
67. The incident didn't even rate a mention in the press.
68. New Zealand's quarrel with France over the Rainbow Warrior incident was formally ended.
69. She gave the police a full account of the incident.
70. This incident coloured her whole life.
71. The incident had shaken her faith in him.
72. There is a well-known incident in one of Moliere's plays, where the author makes the hero express unbounded delight on being told that he had been talking prose during the whole of his life.
73. It was clear after the incident that, while she may have answered truthfully in the strictest sense of the word, Sheryl was actually trying to delude Sergei.
74. The idea that she witnessed this shameful incident meant nothing to him.
75. I can give you chapter and verse for my statement concerning the date of the incident.
76. The whole incident was recorded on film.
77. The media have blown the incident up out of all proportion.
78. This incident underlines the danger of travelling in the border area.
79. That incident sparked it off.
80. Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them.
81. I have never seen such an unusual incident in my life.