foment
verb (used with object)
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of.
had fomented
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past perfectof foment.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Some pro-Moonves directors suspected that Ms. Redstone had fomented the media investigations, despite her vehement denials.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2018
He decried that the rise of terrorism had fomented suspicion and condemnation about religion in general.
From US News ● Oct. 28, 2015
Every paper except two Government sheets supported M.U.D. in a campaign of invective against Salazar, who was shocked by the hatred he had fomented by 20 years of suppression.
From Time Magazine Archive
Roosevelt vigorously denied that the U.S. had fomented the revolution but defended his actions in characteristic terms: "To have acted otherwise ... would have been betrayal of the interests of the United States."
From Time Magazine Archive
It was Hallock who had fomented the trouble; it was Hallock who was now directing it.
From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde
