How to Use fodder in a Sentence

fodder

noun
  • 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
  • There were headlines and talk-show fodder for weeks and weeks to come.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • This will give the GOP fodder for its 2022 campaign ads.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • Now everything is fodder for a fight to the last minute.
    — Calvin Woodward, Chron, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Now everything is fodder for a fight to the last minute.
    — Calvin Woodward, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • All that time in academia may have been fodder for his latest book.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2021
  • With the release of Starfield this week, Bacon_ has new fodder.
    — Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The report is the latest fodder in a debate over whether and how to revise the tax code.
    — Patricia Cohen, Star Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Come to think of it, that sounds like fodder for a good Jeopardy! question.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2024
  • But the issue seems certain to be fodder for the 2022 campaign.
    — Stephen Montemayor, Star Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • The death of George Floyd and issues around race were also very fodder for this series too.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The death of George Floyd and issues around race were also very fodder for this series too.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • That’s the short story, but there has been plenty fodder for the pundits and talking heads.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 19 May 2022
  • Lopez and Affleck, of course, dated in the early aughts and were the subject of massive tabloid fodder.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 11 May 2021
  • That’s a shame, because many of the ideas in The Gorge — about soldiers as pawns and the wide reach of the military — would have been good fodder for a nervy sci-fi.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • Audio-first projects are still part of the mix, but the reality is that personalities simply make for better camera fodder.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 July 2025
  • The Knicks and Cavaliers have often been floated as destinations where James could be the missing piece for championship contention, though that buzz remains mere fodder among fans and debate shows to this point.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 7 July 2025

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