Fomentation.
Used in a Sentence
foments
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for foments.
Editorial note
Iran installed Hezbollah in Lebanon, Russia foments coups in Africa…and yes, KSA, Qatar have sponsored terrorism.
Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech2
Quick take
Fomentation.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of foments gathered in one view.
(transitive) To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
(medicine, transitive) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for foments.
noun
Fomentation.
verb
(transitive) To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
Example sentences
Iran installed Hezbollah in Lebanon, Russia foments coups in Africa…and yes, KSA, Qatar have sponsored terrorism.
Trump is lauded for stopping the libs no matter what destructive & unnecessary actions he foments that hurt his supporters.
Kurds are people the West foments to armed rebellion, and then quashes, for decades, depending on western material needs at the minute.
It seems the VC world foments a narrow window of thought with a lot of copy cat startups doing the same thing.
It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
Otherwise, being disdainful and cynical just degrades the discussion and foments unnecessary hate.
It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
It agitates the Community with ill founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.
In fact, the Israel project foments anti Semitism around the world.
This foments instability and conflict in other nations.
Before you know it the Enshittocene crept up without fanfare but the type of extinction it foments might not have been possible without the decline in conditions that came before.
The entire machine that creates, monetizes, and foments utterly useless information flows in order to harness some of the energy will be wrecked, redundant, shut down.
Quote examples
When you talk "down" to people and treat them like idiots, it foments contempt.
> "We’re going to go after the NGO network that foments, facilitates and engages in violence" -Pence Then they should have included this.
"We’re going to go after the NGO network that foments, facilitates and engages in violence" -Pence (not sure what NGO he was referring to, that sponsored this shooting) > It wouldn't logically follow if they were quoting Trump, either.
But the not-so-obvious consequence is that because people implicitly know they can just start making their own sand castle, it foments divisiveness because all of a sudden everyone "knows" they can do a better job moderating/curating/whatever, and they're sick of seeing $content_type in what they've come to see as their personal newsfeed.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use foments in a sentence?
Iran installed Hezbollah in Lebanon, Russia foments coups in Africa…and yes, KSA, Qatar have sponsored terrorism.
What does foments mean?
Fomentation.
What part of speech is foments?
foments is commonly used as noun, verb.