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curdle

[kur-dl] / ˈkɜr dl /


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The phrase “more modern ways of thinking” may curdle the blood of the reader, who may brace for Ms. Lutz to inculpate her subject in matters of race, class and gender.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

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

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

They heated the material to sixty-five degrees—hot enough to warp most proteins—then added acids to curdle the proteins, and the transmission of genes was still unaltered.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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