Example Sentences

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Pincus coined the phrase “revolution of the ants” to describe what he and his friends believed they were fomenting.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 12, 2015

By the late 1980s, while her contemporaries at Goldsmiths were fomenting a Britart revolution, Ray had established herself at a gallery in Drury Lane doing copies of Renoir, Monet, Caravaggio, Stubbs, Gauguin and Modigliani.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2013

While these events were fomenting, secretly and openly, King Henry was at work, secretly and openly, to disconcert his foes.

From Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

He had his troubles; for the French, from Quebec on the one side and from Louisbourg on the other, were fomenting strife; and the Indians were on the war-path.

From The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline by Doughty, Arthur G. (Arthur George), Sir

Meanwhile, the French army was advancing into Spain while the English were fomenting among the Spanish people the hatred for the French.

From Simon Bolivar, the Liberator by Sherwell, Guillermo A.