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verb

present participle of sour

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of souring
Noun
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar blamed the souring relations on Britain’s Labour government, which has condemned Israeli military actions in Gaza, placed sanctions on settlers and recognized a Palestinian state. — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 The results are part of a larger souring of opinion towards AI, with other recent polling by YouGov and The Economist finding that more than half of Americans say AI development is happening too fast, and that the technology is largely unlikely to deliver significant universal economic gains. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 19 May 2026 The souring of their relationship has at times bordered on the petty and personal. — David Ingram, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026 When Mares went to work at the Ford Plant on his first three days, he was fired, charges state — adding to their souring relationship. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 Holly Wade, executive director of research for the National Federation of Independent Business, said the souring of sentiment among small business owners is directly tied to the rising prices of energy, a major input cost for their operations. — Cory Smith, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2026 Similarly, in 2023 pandas living in the Edinburgh Zoo were returned to China, a move some believe may have been connected to the souring relationship between China and the United Kingdom. — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026 Isak's partner in his later years, professional golfer Estefanía Knuth, reportedly played a role in the souring of this relationship, per the investigative sources. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 This led to a souring of relations between New Delhi and Washington and was compounded by Modi sharing a stage with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in China. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
It’s well documented that a souring relationship can increase your chances of anxiety, eating disorders, and emotional issues. — Georgia Casey, Allure, 9 Oct. 2026 Ideally for Detroit, the team will cement both players as franchise pillars without souring any relationships over contract value. — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Per People, Oxenberg was candid about her role souring her relationship with the royal family. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 23 Aug. 2026 The industry’s promises AI companies are acutely aware of the souring views toward data centers, and several have made pledges to try and assure Americans that their buildouts will benefit the country. — Ashley Capoot,garrett Downs, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026 But their sticker shock for American consumers is becoming increasingly clear – just as economic sentiment is souring ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections. — Kent Jones, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026 No stomping rhythms here, no shrill blasts in unison, no sweaty masculinity souring the air, no red faces. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 The souring market conditions have brought cling peach acreage down from 19,900 acres in 2014 to 13,300 acres in 2025, according to USDA estimates. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026 The mix-up may have contributed to souring the communication between the legal teams of the companies, whose relationship appears to be increasingly frayed. — NBC news, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for souring
Noun
  • While estrangement can sometimes seem sudden, experts say subtle changes may signal that a family relationship is beginning to unravel.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Her estrangement from the DSA was front and center in the final weeks of the campaign.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Data center demand began driving up electric bills last year across a 13-state electricity grid stretching from Illinois to New Jersey and Maryland, angering ratepayers.
    — Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Indeed, the survey showed that use of the horn is the most common action when drivers consider another driver to be annoying or angering them.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In other photographs of Deckard, Vaughan preserves his stillness, his distance, and arch alienation played to perfection by Ford.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • With its mix of teenage alienation, anti-authority diatribes and heaps of personality disorder, Darko is appealing in a kind of neo-Heathers, anti-establishment way.
    — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Reversing a slide Under Jejurikar’s predecessor Jon Moeller, P&G managed inflation by raising prices just enough to protect revenue without alienating consumers.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Republicans, after making a concerted effort at outreach to Arab Americans in 2024, have used alienating rhetoric about the group throughout this election cycle.
    — Laura Beveridge, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Like Saito’s own father, the girls’ father had been separated from the family since their parents’ divorce.
    — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026
  • True crime aficionados will love this new three-part documentary series, which dives deep into the vicious divorce of Allan and Catherine Kassenoff and the custody battle that followed.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Life was crazy and the entertainment business was weird and journalism was infuriating.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Cummings said that in January 2021, a friend of Birchmore’s called Stoughton police and told a dispatcher about the illicit relationship, infuriating Farwell.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Mujtaba Rahman, managing director for Europe at Eurasia Group, said France is suffering from a crisis of liberal democracy, a crisis of fiscal mismanagement, and a crisis of youth disaffection.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Older liberals see it as an expression of generational disaffection.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • So, how can an organization remain current on customers' ever-changing needs and expectations without annoying or estranging them?
    — Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Souring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/souring. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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