engender
verb (used with object)
to produce, cause, or give rise to.
had engendered
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past perfectof engender.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The private bankers ultimately made loans for Doral, a Washington hotel and even the same Chicago skyscraper that had engendered the lawsuit.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
Both had engendered broad interest on the basis of initially promising results.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2022
It also hoped that it could combat the public fear and abhorrence of chemical warfare that WWI had engendered by presenting tear gas as a more humane alternative to bullets and clubs in restraining mobs.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2020
And then the story, and much of the outrage it had engendered, largely faded.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2019
But having reneged on the Nowhere Journey in favor of a stranger twice his age who now carried his, Alaric's, face, had engendered some annoying complications.
From Voyage To Eternity by Stephen Marlowe
