How to Use foment in a Sentence

foment

verb
  • He was accused of fomenting violence.
  • One such fan who was moved to foment change was Jan Portheine.
    — Melissa Locker, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Surely, this is a time where many ladies wish to foment a rebellion.
    — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Oct. 2018
  • But Cristobal foments hope that new glory is near.
    — Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Want to foment a revolution or win a war?
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The waiting was the point, to foment in the hot rooms a tangible pressure.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
  • It is used to foment division and turn us against one another.
    — Jessi Hempel, WIRED, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Questions will now be asked about whether the host team played a role in fomenting the aggression.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There is no obvious recipe for fomenting this kind of reform.
    — Dylan Walsh, The Atlantic, 2 May 2017
  • Much of the violence that was fomented came from those opposed to the parade.
    — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The blame belongs to the hate that this country fomented for 400 years.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Racial pride can foment racial prejudice, as in the case of white supremacists.
    — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • The concerns have fomented a crusade against seed oils on social media.
    — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Over the last week, the musician has fomented hatred of Jews.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Over the last week, the musician has fomented hatred of Jews.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
  • But those in the chamber were unaware of the chaos that was beginning to foment outside the building.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Such a false prophet would foment political frenzy and try to feed off the confusion.
    — Ron Chernow, Twin Cities, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The result is that even if the great powers avoid war with one another, their actions can foment war elsewhere.
    — Paul Poast, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2023
  • And to those trying to incite violence against us, those trying to foment hatred against us.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • And to those trying to incite violence against us, those trying to foment hatred against us.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Its success will depend on living up the hype that Toyota itself has helped foment.
    — Kevin Buckland, Bloomberg.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The Rotherham riot was planned for days but has its roots in discontent that has fomented for much longer.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The Fed hasn’t been the only target of criticism for helping foment the price surge.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
  • But Trump’s second term will foment a far more violent swing of the pendulum.
    — John C. Ronquillo, Baltimore Sun, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Most provocatively, the pages seemed to be focused in part on fomenting real-world dissent.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2018
  • The left-leaning food movement had a real opening to foment collective change.
    — Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The Holocaust was planned and fomented in secrecy by a despotic regime.
    — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The Holocaust was planned and fomented in secrecy by a despotic regime.
    — Victor J. Blue, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • For Forman, that consists of fomenting a new type of border culture.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 23 May 2018
  • Their fear is that information might leak out and foment further dissidence elsewhere; the city is to be sealed off.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2020

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