Sentence examples for fomenting tension from inspiring English sources
'fomenting tension' is correct and usable in written English
It is used to refer to the process of stirring up or creating tension or conflict. For example: "The political campaign was fomenting tension between the two opposing sides."
However, a number of his senior colleagues made communal comments and were accused of fomenting tension.
Early leaks of the scale of the reconstruction of the group are fomenting tension between the activists and professional management led by Mr Sutherland.
There were also clashes at the campus of the main university, where protesters contended that the security forces were protecting armed vigilantes accused of fomenting tensions between the 70 percent of the population that is Shiite Muslim and the Sunni ruling family and elite.
Recent crackdowns have been seen by human rights activists as an attempt by the Russian military to foment tension in an otherwise peaceful region.
Officials said extremists wanted to foment tension between India's Hindu majority and its Muslim minority, though they provided little evidence linking Islamic militants to the blasts in Hyderabad.
Ishida said the effective removal of the last significant constraint on Japan's military had come at a dangerous time for the region, citing Abe's visit to Yasukuni shrine as part of an attempt to foment tension with China and South Korea.
The launch of the politics vertical in New York fomented tension with the Washington, D.C., bureau, where many reporters for the company's subscription-based terminals felt sidelined by the investment.
He accused U.S. President Donald Trump and the Saudi crown prince of pressurizing Hariri into resigning: "Al-Hariri's resignation was done in coordination with Trump and Mohammed bin Salman to foment tension in Lebanon and the region," Sheikholeslam said.
In North Darfur state, a series of deadly attacks this year has fomented tensions between the Berti and Zayadia tribes and displaced thousands more people.
Government officials initially blamed Pakistan for fomenting ethnic tension, and officials limited each cellphone user to just five text messages per day and sought to block access to some 310 Web pages and sites.
But much of the most damning language was indeed directed at the victims, both at behavior that the judge saw as fomenting the tension that led to the shooting, and then at statements on the stand that he found dubious.
