Example Sentences

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After the apples have fermented, the cider may be passed through a micron filter to remove the yeast, which creates a clarified, crisp cider.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2021

If his herding ancestors and compatriots ate dairy, they might have fermented it to allow digestion, as lactose-intolerant Mongolian herders have likely done for millennia.

From Science Magazine • May 30, 2019

The verbal word play between Wainwright’s use of “olfactory” and the story’s old slaughter factory might also have fermented in Hooper’s head.

From Salon • May 26, 2019

Sew the seal skin up, add a dollop of grease, put a big rock on top and leave for several months, until the birds have fermented into a sticky, pungent, toxic, cheesy gloop.

From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2011

If a horse refuses his feed, it should be at once thrown away, and on no account be kept till the next meal, by which time it is pretty certain to have fermented.

From Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies by Nunn, Joshua A.