ferment
noun
any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
are fermenting
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present progressiveof ferment.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“How these depraved ideas are fermenting on social media – it’s spreading like a virus now.”
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2022
“How these depraved ideas are fermenting on social media — it’s spreading like a virus now,” she told ABC on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2022
It's a bit like a brewery down there, admittedly one you wouldn't want a pint from, where bacteria are fermenting fibre to make a whole load of chemicals.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2019
The great man is, according to this view, personally of small account, except in so far as the tendencies and ideas which are fermenting in the age find their expression in him.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Great changes are fermenting in the world; and of these changes, especially of those directly affecting our own country, I became actively conscious, shortly after I ascended the Throne.
From Temporal Power by Marie Corelli
