fermenting

Example Sentences

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Some doughs require days of fermenting before baking begins.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It is a sugar alcohol typically made by fermenting corn and is now used in hundreds of food products.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

That meant that urine samples with high sugar content could have started fermenting and consequently generated alcohol that could have skewed the test result or created a false positive.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The line between fandom and fermenting cultures blurs, and soon, it seems, a new kind of devotion might take shape: obsessive, meticulous, generous, communal.

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025

Pervading everything was the odor of pine and fermenting fruit.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison