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curdling

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verb

present participle of curdle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of curdling
Noun
Blood curdling screams and chains scraping against the ground can be heard throughout the prison. Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025 The organizers counted down through their bullhorn and the few dozen people let out blood-curdling screams. Dominick Williams august 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curdling
Noun
  • Baroo is a modern Korean restaurant in the Arts District, with a focus on fermentation.
    Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Peptides formed during fermentation may help relax blood vessels by interfering with ACE activity.
    Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Larson and McBroom didn’t have to worry about negativity souring their experience as co-authors.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The delay in securing the return of all the bodies is souring the elation felt by Israelis on Monday, when all 20 remaining living hostages came home.
    Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Generous clusters of aromatic flowers in lavender-blue, violet and purple grow on clumping plants to a height and girth of three feet.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In a final step, the powder was mixed with a carrier liquid, in which the microparticles stayed suspended without clumping together.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Losing sight of this has meant that faculty haven’t been using all of the tools at their disposal to fight the disintegration of tenure-stream employment.
    Time, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For director and co-writer Justin Tipping, the key to expressing Cameron’s mental and physical disintegration was finding a visual language that combined two very different worlds.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And while the 3rd gen also requires the separate Nest app, the 4th gen offers full functionality and control in the Google Home app, condensing all of your smart home devices into one hub.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The curriculum was meant to make up for lost learning by condensing two academic years into one, having students focus on just the core content of each subject.
    Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bernal says Mamdani overcame Cuomo's attacks over his relatively thin resume by offering big progressive ideas, like freezing apartment rents and offering free city bus service, that appeal to many young voters.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Numerous states in the Midwest are facing a frost advisory late Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday as temperatures could dip to freezing or just below.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Curdling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curdling. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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