Sentence examples for stoke resentment from inspiring English sources

The detentions are expected to stoke resentment among Tibetans toward the Chinese government at a time when tensions across the Tibetan plateau are at the highest in years.

In it, he boasted about saving the monarchy while typically recognising that this might stoke resentment: "The Palace had asked me to read a lesson [at Diana's funeral].

There are also fears that the sheer numbers of Syrians in the country will stoke resentment: around Reyhanli, some 25,000 Syrian refugees live among 90,000 Turkish citizens, according to local officials.

It will stoke resentment and active opposition by many in Bahrain and around the region, who will see this move as an "occupation," as some Bahrainis already said Monday.

Pro-migrant groups said the operation, which mostly targeted Central Americans fleeing violence who were refused US asylum, would drive undocumented immigrants deeper underground and stoke resentment towards a president often derided as the "deporter-in-chief".

Nicholas Phillips, the Lord Chief Justice, thinks "there has been an increase in carrying weapons".The police are stepping up their stops-and-searches, a tactic that some fear will stoke resentment among young black men, who tend to be searched more than others.

While Latino newcomers make local economies hum, they can also stoke resentment and fear; the daily morning free-for-all among Latino day laborers and contractors' trucks provokes the angry sense among many that the dysfunction in the federal immigration system has stubbornly taken root on decidedly non-federal sidewalks and streets.

As organisers and thousands of protesters from the loose coalition known as Black Lives Matter earnestly denounce violence against police and argue for peaceful policy changes, deadly assaults by fringe extremists are likely to further stoke resentment of the demonstrations among large swaths of conservative, white America.

Sri Lankan officials also warned the State Department that if the U.N. report were released, it could stoke resentment among Rajapaksa supporters, possibly hurting Sirisena's coalition government's chances in upcoming parliamentary polls.

But, citing a recent London Times piece about how drone strikes are actually boosting support for the Taliban, Foust thinks that the U.S. is essentially shooting itself in the foot by using drones, which stoke resentment.

GOP strategist Peter Wehner says, "Trumpism is not a political philosophy; it is a purposeful effort, led by a demagogue, to incite ugly passions, stoke resentments and divisions, and create fear of those who are not like 'us' -- Mexicans, Muslims and Syrian refugees.