curdled; curdling
ˈkərd-liŋ 
ˈkər-dᵊl-iŋ
Examples of curdle in a Sentence
Too much heat will make the custard curdle.
Too much heat will curdle the custard.
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This is another fatalistic image of the single track on which homosexual desire is condemned to run, love inevitably curdling into hatred.
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Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
But negative freedom without positive freedom quickly curdles into dependence.
—Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The final contest between Ali and Frazier was the culmination of a relationship that had begun in friendship but curdled into deep enmity, the decisive battle in a war that had become larger than the two men in the ring.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
But the relief soon curdled into worry.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
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Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
But negative freedom without positive freedom quickly curdles into dependence.
—Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
The final contest between Ali and Frazier was the culmination of a relationship that had begun in friendship but curdled into deep enmity, the decisive battle in a war that had become larger than the two men in the ring.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
But the relief soon curdled into worry.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for curdle
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“Curdle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curdle. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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