engender
Example Sentences
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That aspect of copyright law engendered a lengthy dispute waged by the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle against creative artists wishing to put Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson into new works.
From Los Angeles Times
The utter subservience of American pop culture to baby boomers over the past 50-odd years has engendered justifiable resentment among members of the subsequent alphabet generations.
He knew that art had the power to transform, to unite, to engender empathy.
From Los Angeles Times
And all of this neglect engenders heartache as much as it does violence, creating a cyclical link between the two that “Bugonia” sits firmly in the center of.
From Salon
For some, this has engendered a sense of paralysis.
From MarketWatch
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