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
• The blame belongs to the hate that this country fomented for 400 years.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 4 Apr. 2018
• In all that push and shove, a sort of End Times optimism began to foment around the Bad Brains.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2021
• Macron argued that such a move would foment a civil war.
  — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022
• The Fed hasn’t been the only target of criticism for helping foment the price surge.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2022
• Surely, this is a time where many ladies wish to foment a rebellion.
  — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Oct. 2018
• But Mr Putin changed the subject by annexing Crimea and fomenting a war in Ukraine in 2014.
  — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Beijing’s actions have fomented many protests in Hong Kong over the years, but none on the scale of what has happened this year.
  — Kristina Olney, National Review, 12 Aug. 2019
• Over the last week, the musician has fomented hatred of Jews.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
• Much of the violence that was fomented came from those opposed to the parade.
  — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• As the fall progressed, anger continued to foment around Ms. Bilek.
  — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
• Alec Ross From my standpoint, it’s being used in the same way in which Hutu radio was used to foment a genocide in Rwanda in the 1990s.
  — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 8 June 2018
• Khamenei has accused Iran's foes of fomenting the unrest.
  — Grant Smith and Heesu Lee, Houston Chronicle, 9 May 2018
• If the larger goal was fomenting fear, the success of the two-stage attack was palpable across Beirut.
  — Justin Salhani / Beirut, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
• Moscow has tried to foment discord among the allies, which rushed to Ukraine’s aid in the lead-up to the February invasion.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• In 1992, the BJP fomented a riot in which a frenzied mob tore down the offending building.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
• 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
• That fomented calls to crush Hamas no matter the cost, rather than continuing to try to bottle it up in Gaza.
  — TIME, 10 Oct. 2023
• It is used to foment division and turn us against one another.
  — Jessi Hempel, WIRED, 24 Apr. 2018
• But Trump’s second term will foment a far more violent swing of the pendulum.
  — John C. Ronquillo, Baltimore Sun, 9 Dec. 2024
• Trump’s efforts to foment a coup in the aftermath of the 2020 election, Pompeo has since largely sidestepped any or all talk of the Capitol riot.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Jan. 2023
• Two decades later, Russia used the same playbook to foment armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
• 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
• There’s some stealing and double-crossing and whiffs of a fomenting Rebellion, but for the most part, this is a movie about stealing some stuff.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 24 May 2018
• Square footage prices years ago got scary in New York City, helping to foment an exodus of talented young chefs.
  — Hanna Raskin, Bon Appetit, 10 Aug. 2017
• Square footage prices years ago got scary in New York City, helping to foment an exodus of talented young chefs.
  — Hanna Raskin, Bon Appetit, 10 Aug. 2017
• Racial pride can foment racial prejudice, as in the case of white supremacists.
  — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• That fomented calls in Israel to crush Hamas no matter the cost, rather than continuing to try to bottle it up in Gaza.
  — Josef Federman and Issam Adwan, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025