ferment
Example Sentences
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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
But although the intellectual ferment of Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries undergirds “Effingers,” Tergit’s heart lies with her characters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Does the party have the means to ferment a counterculture that is agile, tech-savvy, and fashionable?
From Slate • Jun. 12, 2025
The staging transitions in dreamlike fashion from the hospital to Pondicherry, India, where Pi grew up in a happy, hectic ferment of adolescence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025
Back in 1972 Crosby invented a term for this biological ferment: the Columbian Exchange.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
