Sentence examples for foment debate from inspiring English sources
Some families foment debate; others prefer peace and quiet.
Lynn Nottage, who won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2009 for "Ruined," about women in a brothel in war-torn Congo, said the conference could foment debate about the idea that black writers constitute a niche market and that the best ones would eventually find wider attention.
In a year in which a sexual abuse scandal fomented intense debate over who has the power — moral or otherwise — to hold the church accountable for its actions, the new law appeared to acknowledge the importance of adhering to civil standards.
It was Leibniz more than any other philosopher who eventually succeeded in fomenting a philosophical debate in which the "Newtonian" conception of space, time and the divine would play a central role (see below).
The restrictions came under attack from high-profile figures, including former First Lady Nancy Reagan and actor Christopher Reeve, fomenting a national debate that turned "stem cell" into a household term.
But some members simply wanted the issue to go away as quickly as possible for fear that further debate would foment more divisiveness and damage the organization, which was founded 39 years ago.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa and subsequent diagnosis of a few patients in the United States generated a worldwide panic that caused airline and travel stocks to drop, altered immigration policies and fomented multiple political debates on treatment and action plans.
That debate continues to foment dissension here at home because of the outcome of U.S. military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S.'s lack of a strategy for dealing with the civil war in Syria, its turning of a blind eye to the military coup in Egypt, and, most recently, its strained relations with Russia.
The forces of hatred and fear have fomented the dilemma for public debate, and in that we may be grateful on some level for the opportunity to openly confront certain values that have been at work more covertly since the advent of laws prohibiting express racism in America.
Lord Herman Ouseley, the chairman of Kick It Out, warned that hatred and prejudice is being fomented by the tone of public debate about immigrants and minorities, and he called on public figures including David Cameron to be more careful about the language they use.
