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foment

Meaning

To actively encourage or promote the development of something, especially something undesirable such as disorder or rebellion.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The whispers grew louder, a dark plan to foment rebellion. People felt wronged and angry, and the leaders of the unrest knew how to stir up that feeling, encouraging more people to join their dangerous cause.

The whispers started small, quiet grumblings about the unfair harvest shares. Then, a few loud voices began to foment unrest, urging everyone to refuse to hand over the crops. Soon, anger simmered, threatening a full-blown revolt against the overseer.

The whispered rumors in the factory breakroom began to foment unrest. Workers, already tired and underpaid, felt their anger grow, fueled by the stories of unfair treatment. Soon, the simmering discontent threatened to boil over into a strike.

The grumpy cat, Mittens, decided to foment mischief. He'd bat at the dog's tail, then hide, and when the dog barked, Mittens would *foment* more chaos by knocking a glass off the table, just to see everyone jump.

Barnaby the badger, with his tiny spectacles and enormous ego, tried to foment a revolt among the garden gnomes. He promised them unlimited access to the sprinkler system and fancier mushroom hats, hoping to stir up trouble and dethrone the stern gnome leader, Bartholomew.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The whispers in the tavern grew louder, a dangerous current taking hold. He saw the unease in their eyes, the way their fists clenched. It was easy to foment discontent, to stoke the embers of their anger into a blaze of rebellion against the unjust laws.

The whispers in the dusty market stalls, the hushed conversations about unfair taxes, began to foment a dangerous discontent. People, tired and hungry, started to see the cracks in the King's facade, a slow burn of rebellion igniting in their eyes.

The whispered rumors, shared behind cupped hands in the dimly lit cantina, began to foment unrest. They spoke of unfair taxes and the council's indifference, slowly encouraging the simmering discontent that threatened to boil over into open defiance.

The mischievous squirrels, tired of their nut stash being raided, decided to foment a rebellion. Their tiny paws worked overtime, scattering acorns strategically to trip the unsuspecting neighborhood cats and encourage other woodland creatures to join their fuzzy uprising.

Grumpy Gus the garden gnome secretly loved to foment chaos. He'd whisper encouragements to the petunias to stage a full-scale floral revolt against Brenda's meticulous weeding, hoping to foment a riot of unruly blossoms and general horticultural anarchy.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The agitators sought to foment discontent, whispering grievances and stoking anger in the marketplace. Their goal was clear: to encourage the masses toward defiance, hoping to spark a rebellion that would overturn the established order.

The whispers in the marketplace began to escalate. Merchants, emboldened by the shortage of grain, started to foment discontent, their words fanning the flames of frustration. They encouraged others to join their cause, seeking to instigate a widespread protest against the ruling council's policies.

The agitator, whispering venomous truths, worked to foment discontent among the furloughed deep-sea miners. His carefully chosen words inflamed their desperation, each grievance amplified until the simmering frustration threatened to erupt into open defiance against the corporation.

The mischievous goblin, Reginald, was notorious for his elaborate pranks. He’d spend hours devising schemes to foment chaos, like convincing the town's squirrels to stage a synchronized nut-burying protest. His ultimate goal? To see the normally placid villagers descend into a fit of giggles, bordering on delightful anarchy.

The disgruntled hamsters, fed up with the relentless squeaky wheel regimen, began to foment a revolution. Their tiny paws pounded a rhythm of discontent, sparking whispers of escape and the outright theft of sunflower seeds. Their leader, a fluffy specimen named Bartholomew, envisioned a world of endless bedding and unrestricted burrowing.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

Whispers in the barracks began to foment discontent, tales of injustice and hardship passed from man to man. They spoke of a shared grievance, stoking a nascent rebellion against their unyielding overlords, a dangerous spark ready to ignite.

The agitator, his voice a guttural rasp, sought to foment unrest among the disillusioned artisans. He painted vivid pictures of their meager compensation, a deliberate attempt to incite them towards collective defiance against the guild masters.

The charismatic orator sought to foment discontent among the disenfranchised laborers, his impassioned speeches a volatile admixture of perceived injustices and promises of radical change, all designed to cultivate an atmosphere ripe for sedition.

The disgruntled gnomes, fueled by a surfeit of fermented fungi, began to foment their grand uprising. Their audacious plan, which involved pilfering all the garden gnomes' pointy hats and establishing a velvet-rope-only access policy to the prime mushroom patches, was met with uproarious laughter by the stoic badger council.

The clandestine cabal of interdimensional sock gnomes, weary of their ceaseless, clandestine pilfering of our foot-hugging haberdashery, resolved to foment widespread textile anarchy. Their nefarious objective: to instigate a global cotton-based conflagration, prompting humanity to embrace the sartorial austerity of naked feet.

Difficulty

Challenging — Rare, high-register words for serious word lovers.

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