curdle

Example Sentences

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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

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

This kind of comparison can curdle people’s relationships to one another — and to their own jobs.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022

From my place in the shade it isn’t so bad, but the stink of bodies, all sweating with the morning work, is enough to make milk curdle.

From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard