curdle
Example Sentences
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Jason turned off the stove, frustrated that the mixture had curdled again.
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Hilarious and incisive, the humor never draws blood, never curdles.
Slop’s face curdled up like sour milk, and he pointed a fat, hairy finger down at me.
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The national innocence had curdled since his introduction, and so the hero himself couldn’t be such an innocent figure.
A decade in New York had promised stardom; by Christmas 2016, the promise had curdled.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.