Example Sentences

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The horrific images that have emerged from the area during these hellish recent months have fomented a sea change in the dialogue around it.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

Beyond the blight on the county treasury and the emotional toll paid by Fischer’s victims, the sheer number of claims and the response to them as they piled up have fomented distrust.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2023

The institute’s president, Derek Mitchell, who previously served as ambassador to Myanmar, called the accusations that Americans have fomented or funded the protests “utterly ridiculous.”

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2019

Washington’s debates over forcing tech companies to open back doors into encrypted communications systems, along with the leaks about NSA surveillance by Edward Snowden, have fomented enormous distrust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2016

It is true that those who have fomented the rebellion, and the thousands who have joined the insurgent ranks, are bitter towards the monks, or rather friars.

From The Friars in the Philippines by Coleman, Ambrose