How to Use fodder in a Sentence

fodder

noun
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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
  • 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
  • This is not to say the photo fodder was lacking, though.
    — Zachary Weiss, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2023
  • With the release of Starfield this week, Bacon_ has new fodder.
    — Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Those goat screams have become meme fodder and even made it onto the big screen.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • 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
  • Still, there was a time when internet memes used to be fodder for costumes.
    — WIRED, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Since the resolution of the case in late 2016, it’s been popular fodder for true-crime shows.
    — Lawrence Specker | , al, 15 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Like everything Rod does, this wasn’t a stunt for clicks or social media fodder.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The rise and fall of cryptocurrency empires and the fates of investors have been premium non-fiction fodder as of late.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In villages outside the city, farmworkers still venture into the rice, wheat and fodder fields, but try to rest during the hottest part of the day, from noon until about 3 p.m.
    — Annie Gowen, Niko Kommenda and Saiyna Bashir, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Already some of her positions have become fodder for attacks from the right.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • On stage and in his specials, Koy has joked about his son's hygiene and adolescent angst, with plenty of fodder coming from Joseph’s teenage years.
    — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
  • But an apparent glitch threw a wrench in those plans on Sunday — and quickly led to an online meltdown and plenty of meme fodder.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Fielding notes like being cognizant of her balance in her throws and pitching comments on the strength of her changeup gave Sofia some fodder to head home with.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2023
  • All this was fodder for the hosts of the comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000, which brought the Gordon canon to a new audience.
    — Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Cannon, a constant target for internet fodder and ridicule, wondered if his death would help the world.
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The comedic instinct to use anything and everything as fodder for ridicule means even the most sensitive of subjects can be reduced to a punchline.
    — Katie Tamola, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2023
  • While those events should provide ripe fodder for dramatic storytelling, the series keeps handling them in over-the-top ways.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
  • For most of us, the thought of sliding across a patch of ice—at speed—while behind the wheel is fodder for nightmares, ranking right up there with brake failure on a serpentine descent.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2024
  • So stop trying to take these tragedies, these human tragedies, and making -- trying to make political fodder out of them.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • By contrast, Dale Romans’ Cyclone Mischief is solid and good fodder for the exotics.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • But that’s poor fodder for the memes, jokes, and buzz surrounding the Pine Tree State’s newest — if unofficial — tourist attraction.
    — Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023

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