ferment
noun
any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
had been fermenting
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past perfect progressiveof ferment.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Our task: to decide what to do with the juice that had been fermenting in oak barrels for several months.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2015
Since 1927, ideas on transoceanic flying had been fermenting in his agile mind, taking gradual shape on paper.
From Time Magazine Archive
The yeast of rebellion among young Hungarian intellectuals had been fermenting these past few months in a group called the Petofi Club.
From Time Magazine Archive
At this, to employ a metaphor, the champagne of the Head's wrath, which had been fermenting steadily during his late interview, got the better of the cork of self-control, and he exploded.
From The Pothunters by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Then the nip of hunger came; and with it came openly the mutiny that secretly had been fermenting through those months of cold and gloom.
From Henry Hudson A Brief Statement of His Aims and His Achievements by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
