Sentence examples for foment dissension from inspiring English sources
Mr. Cabello, a staunch ally of Mr. Chávez, is normally reviled by the opposition, and its position seems designed to foment dissension among Chavistas, as Mr. Chávez's backers are known.
As in Maranhão, São Paulo and Minas Gerais, Caxias planted spies within the enemy's ranks to gather information and to foment dissension.
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.
Powerful aristocrats within the kingdom, led by the pro-French princes of Sanseverino in Calabria, fomented dissension and weakened the already tenuous rule of King Frederick (1496 1501) to the point that both the French and Spanish saw an opportunity to satisfy their ambitions.
General Woundwort, who suspects her of fomenting dissension, orders his guards to keep a close eye on her.
In it, Sharp writes, "The stark brutality of the regime against the clearly nonviolent actionists politically rebounds against the dictators' position, causing dissension in their own ranks as well as fomenting support for the resisters among the general population, the regime's usual supporters and third parties".
"Dissension breeds winners," Damon said.
But internal dissension soon developed.
Administration officials deny trying to foment trouble.
Holding on will only foment more instability.
