curdling

Example Sentences

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“Admiration was quickly curdling into hostility,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

He returned to a hometown that seemed to be developing under that same American planning influence whose reputation was curdling up north.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2024

The tagline — “What a guy! What a lug! What a hero! What a bum!” — illustrates the tentative truce between fans and umpires that is always, inevitably, one call from curdling.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

That queasy, curdling feeling has finally been conquered.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024

I indulged in my self-pity, the nastiness inside me curdling like putrid milk.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam