curdle
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A practicing Mormon, Coppins had no previous experience with gambling but quickly learned how easily the “joyful naivete” of his initial use “could curdle into delusion and compulsion.”
From Slate • May 5, 2026
“I hadn’t understood, at the beginning, that public exposure begot more public exposure, that press begot more press, that parties begot more parties,” she tells us, of how the joys of attention began to curdle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Two Navy sailors, Jefferson Jones and his pal, Sink, have been adrift on a raft for 18 days, long enough for hunger to curdle into imagination.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025
But his father declined the offer, and Cuenci’s voice began to curdle under the influence of puberty.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2022
“Ugh," she exclaimed, "that sour face of hers will curdle my food.”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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