ferment
Example Sentences
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With the help of large handheld food mixers, they carefully grind the mixture of dried Californian grapes and water, which they then ferment before distilling it in a large still imported from Germany.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
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
North Africa was by then the Bible Belt of the late Roman West, characterized by intense Christian devotion and intellectual ferment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
It is still unknown whether chimpanzees deliberately choose fruits with higher ethanol levels, which tend to be riper and richer in sugar that can ferment.
From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025
While I was reading in the flat during the day, I would often place a pint of milk on the windowsill to allow it to ferment.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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