ferment

Example Sentences

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For that sugar to then ferment and produce alcohol, the person giving the sample would also need to have a yeast infection, she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The familiar chewy texture and tangy flavor of sourdough come from a complex mix of microorganisms that ferment the dough.

From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026

Audrey Truschke’s single-volume work makes a bold attempt to capture thousands of years of cultural ferment on the Indian subcontinent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Does the party have the means to ferment a counterculture that is agile, tech-savvy, and fashionable?

From Slate • Jun. 12, 2025

His mother began making the traditional fruit brandy, sealing it in jars to ferment until the celebration.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren