Sentence examples for was fomented from inspiring English sources
verb
To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
- He was arrested for fomenting a riot
"It was fomented by people who are taking a very limited view of things," he said.
Meanwhile, the suspicion was fomented that Tshekedi wanted the chieftainship for himself, driving a further wedge between uncle and nephew.
The civil war was fomented partly by Mrs. Gbagbo, according to the I.C.C., which issued an arrest warrant for her in February 2012.
There has been much speculation that the terror was fomented by obscure forces seeking to create a climate so frightening that such a coup would be welcome.
Whether fear was fomented or merely focused -- or a little of both -- officials responded when debate centered on evacuation plans, which opponents saw as Indian Point's Achilles' heel.
Mr Erdogan retorted that Mr Maliki was fomenting sectarian strife with his clampdown on Sunni politicians.
To the right, it looked like Ford was fomenting urban rebellion.
It was the Ayatollah Khomeini himself who was fomenting this kind of disorder and class warfare.
The Americans would send him to a meeting of clerics with a question, such as whether Iranian influence was fomenting violence.
And where they have been specific, as with the accusation that the Fed was fomenting inflation, they have been entirely wrong.
