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
Piercing and horrible, the screaming is pitched to curdle the listener’s blood but not, in this instance, to overwhelm the voice of the narrator.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
As co-written by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer, the reunion between the two former acting buddies starts warm but quickly begins to curdle.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
But just a couple of decades later, that optimism began to curdle.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2025
“Ugh," she exclaimed, "that sour face of hers will curdle my food.”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Vocabulary lists containing curdle
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