begetting

The work’s structure seems to have organically arisen from artists responding to one another, inspiration begetting inspiration.

Increased local economic issues and national attention drove a wedge between residents who grew frustrated with the council, begetting screaming matches in public meetings, and more serious examples of doxing and harassment.

“The ultimate weakness of violence,” he said, “is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy.”

Lashing out is futile; it’s violence begetting violence.

We are all traumatized; trauma begetting trauma as abuse begets abuse — it stretches back generation upon generation.