- present participle of sour.
souring
Example Sentences
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Lores landed with HP and eventually became CEO in 2019, as the company faced slowing sales and souring investor sentiment, and got to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The broader private-credit industry has started facing similar elevated redemption requests because of souring loan performance and fear of future defaults.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
But it clearly shows that investors aren’t souring on South Korean chip companies just yet, even in the face of more volatility and AI-bubble fears.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Each new alarm like this elicits anxieties and murmurs that souring private credit is about to become the new subprime mortgage crisis.
From Barron's ● May 30, 2026
‘Oh, no, no. Other babies can tell you whether it’s gas or a pin, or milk souring on them. But he’s a real Silsbee, and they never do, you know.’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
