fomenter

Example Sentences

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He wasn’t just a sharply critical, sharp-elbowed political-social commentator; he was, for four decades, an acid-tonged, angry fomenter whose attacks and diatribes often veered into the ugly and worse.

From Washington Post • Feb. 26, 2021

Another explanation might be that famed fomenter of teen fads, TikTok.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2020

An early fomenter of Bloody Mary zaniness was Dave Sobelman, proprietor of several namesake establishments around Milwaukee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2018

Though she herself was never actually connected with bombs & bloodshed, Emma Goldman's burgeoning reputation as a fomenter of trouble led the police into many an attempt to pin something on her.

From Time Magazine Archive

The moment was critical; the Vega was ripe for a revolt; he had the fomenter of the conspiracy in his power, and an example was called for, that should strike terror into the factious.

From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Irving, Washington