curdle
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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
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
If the lyrics’ probing political sobriety might come across as something of a bummer, the music’s rousing invention is a kind of reminder not to curdle into passive cynicism.
From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2022
AHooooooooooooooooooooooo, the warhom cried, long and low, a sound to curdle blood.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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