Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A squirrel in Minnesota has enjoyed an early and especially festive start to the holiday season by being videoed apparently drunkenly feasting on pears that had fermented and become alcoholic.

From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2020

While the motivations and long-term ramifications can be debated, what all of the sports organizations’ actions shared is the addressing of long-standing issues that had fermented in neglect.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2020

By then, early Christmas shopping had fermented into the potent historical brew of idealism, patriotism, and sheer retail gluttony that we know today.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2013

Experts in explosives and engineering would determine that the tons of molasses in the tank had fermented and produced a gas.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

There can be no denying that those nations that have had fermented drinks longest are the soberest, but that, after all, may be only one aspect of much more extensive operations.

From Mankind in the Making by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)