How to Use fodder in a Sentence

fodder

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  • His antics always make good fodder for the gossip columnists.
  • She often used her friends' problems as fodder for her novels.
  • Drake fans and haters alike will find plenty of fodder on For All the Dogs.
    — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The main source of fresh ring fodder is Enceladus’ plumes.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Sturges would likely look around and see a lot of fodder for a good script.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • This is the kind of self-aware fan fodder that, in lesser films, might feel tired.
    — Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023
  • The video became fodder for an essay in the New York Times.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 15 June 2022
  • That’s quite a trade-off — and great fodder for stories.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024
  • The fodder are young athletes like Zhou whose Olympic dreams end with a nasal swab.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2022
  • This is not to say the photo fodder was lacking, though.
    — Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Just the crooked cops in this story would be fodder for a miniseries.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
  • With the release of Starfield this week, Bacon_ has new fodder.
    — Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Come to think of it, that sounds like fodder for a good Jeopardy! question.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024
  • That stunt made good joke fodder for late-night host Stephen Colbert.
    — oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Those goat screams have become meme fodder and even made it onto the big screen.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • That’s the short story, but there has been plenty fodder for the pundits and talking heads.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 19 May 2022
  • But with the gleaming white kitchen and the pool sparkling in the background, their labor makes for great Instagram fodder.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 July 2023
  • Any move Lopez makes that's even remotely cringey will be fodder for the vultures.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
  • In comedy, the queen was the epitome of uptight and, as such, ready fodder for sight gags.
    — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Still, there was a time when internet memes used to be fodder for costumes.
    — WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
  • All of that means there's plenty of fodder for an Ars Live discussion.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 July 2024
  • Since the resolution of the case in late 2016, it’s been popular fodder for true-crime shows.
    — Lawrence Specker | , al, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Such truths hang on; everything else is fodder for the subway rats.
    — Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The Princess is at once fodder for royal spectators—and a searing indictment of the role the public and the press played in her death.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2022
  • If the show is renewed for a third season, there’s more fodder for good storytelling.
    — Vicki Shabo, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023
  • So will the army of henchmen who are inevitably there to confront Wick, and who will be mowed down like Grand Theft Auto fodder.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Regardless, the banter provides some fodder for the 10th matchup of the teams as conference foes and likely the last for many years.
    — oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2023
  • With each case, Monk brought a unique blend of pathos and humor to the proceedings, his antics serving up fodder for laughs and tears alike.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The contact became more fodder for social media and elsewhere.
    — Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Despite its relative scarcity on streaming services — episodes are available for purchase but not included in any subscriptions — it’s become a fruitful source of TikTok fodder.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024

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