"stoke tensions" is correct and can be used in written English.
Example: The president's inflammatory remarks only served to stoke tensions between the two countries.
A deepening crisis in Greece could only stoke tensions.
But any legal measures would further stoke tensions.
When you stoke tensions, you are playing with fire".
The attack is likely to stoke tensions hours before the rival rallies.
He added that the ministers were trying not to stoke tensions or feed the "paranoid rhetoric" from North Korea.
Trial first in recent memory for Saudis accused of spying and may stoke tensions between local Shia and Sunni Muslims.
into crisis and stoke tension between the rival countries.
Donald Trump continues to stoke tension over the refugee crisis by claiming eight Syrian refugees allegedly caught trying to enter the US could be Isis members.
"Britain First seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tension," the spokesman said.
Earlier Syria accused Turkey of stoking tensions.
Newly disclosed documents obtained by WikiLeaks have also stoked tensions.
