Sentence examples for foster a mood from inspiring English sources

A soundtrack by the Cure helps to foster a mood of ennui.

That, in itself, seemed like a defeat for Archbishop Williams, whose strategy for the conference has rested on drawing as many of the disaffected conservatives as possible to Canterbury, and drawing them into a cloistered, no-press-admitted dialogue with liberals and reformers that would foster a mood of compromise on the issue of gays and lesbians in the clergy.

With all those white picket fences and gables and crinkling leaves and trees brooding with sinister maternity — to pilfer Eugene O'Neill's phrase — Tarrytown in fall literally looked like the set for the film "Halloween"; the fact that half the children born in the 1980s were named Jason also helped foster a mood of wholesome autumnal depravity.

When you create a space that can foster a mood or ambiance for intimacy (whether physical, emotional, or just intellectual), it shows effort and that it is a priority for you.

"The degree to which the Obama administration was able to foster a mood of more collaboration, learn from your neighboring states who's found a way to make this work for business and taxpayers, I expect this will slow down a bit," he added.

Bill Clinton's visit in 1995 fostered a mood for peace.

All these helped foster a new mood of flag-waving patriotism well before the Falklands war.

But the government says the North is using the Internet to spread conspiracy theories about who was behind the sinking of the South Korean warship, including one claim that an American submarine did so to foster a militant mood in the South.

But another part of the gamble is that the country has changed too: that the incipient recession has fostered a new mood of social solidarity, a yearning to "share the pain" of the downturn particularly if the pain is aimed at bankers and other much-loathed "spivs and speculators".

The implosion of the country's overextended banks under the weight of bad real estate loans has fostered a somber mood that owes much to the sense of hurt and pride engendered by the centuries Ireland spent under British colonial rule.

But it is part of an overall Republican political strategy to keep attention focused on unpopular government bailouts, which are helping to foster an anti-incumbent mood.