Example Sentences

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So the fact that we can eat this fruit that was fermenting was a protective factor that enhanced evolution.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2023

It was fermenting in the back of my mind, but for the most part, I assumed, as I was told, that it would appear on British public television.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2018

A week later, while my second batch of dosa batter was fermenting, I went back to Pondicheri for a frying tutorial.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2017

But, while this project was fermenting, Henslow, who had been asked to recommend a naturalist for Captain Fitzroy's projected expedition, at once thought of his pupil.

From Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

Above the position which they had occupied, an oligarchy of wealth had reared itself: beneath that position a degraded mass of poverty and misery was fermenting.

From The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir