engender
verb (used with object)
to produce, cause, or give rise to.
have engendered
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present perfectof engender.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Now that these activities and the protests they have engendered have resulted in multiple deaths, the administration and its allies are further undermining trust by their public response to the incidents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
Recalling and commemorating the non-Western history of inoculation, particularly its African history in West Africa and the Americas, is necessary to help heal the gaping wounds that have engendered medical mistrust in Black communities globally.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2023
A golden generation, who won the World Under 20 Championship in 2018 and 2019, have engendered a feel-good factor.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2022
For a small minority of state employees, the mandates have engendered deep mistrust and hard feelings.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2021
The crusade to create a chemically sterile, insect-free world seems to have engendered a fanatic zeal on the part of many specialists and most of the so-called control agencies.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
