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curdled

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verb

past tense of curdle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curdled
Adjective
  • The New York Fed’s latest Survey of Consumer Expectations data released Monday added more glum outlooks to the growing pile of sour sentiment readings from Americans at a time when unpredictable federal policies have caused uncertainty and recession fears to spike.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 2025
  • That’s the only sour taste in Sutton’s world these days.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Davis was hardly the first to succumb to the lure of the corpse flower (not to be confused with Amorphophallus titanum, which has a giant phallic protrusion and also happens to smell like rancid meat and bear the nickname corpse flower).
    Hillary Rosner, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2013
  • This research extends to the effects of pH and cooking temperature on meaty and species flavor, sweetness, barnyard, and rancid flavor in sheep-meat.
    ncbi rofl, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2010
Verb
  • These interviews have been edited and condensed.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This interview has been edited and condensed.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Cleanup man Christian Walker struck out twice more on Tuesday before bouncing into a sixth-inning double play, prolonging a putrid beginning to his Astros career.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • What is most concerning, our putrid offensive rebounding, abundance of silly turnovers, or disastrous end of game play?
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The clabbered milk registered 6.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Pancakes made with clabbered milk produced a thin, loose batter that spread more like crepes.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
Adjective
  • Killian’s expression of violence, his expression of his existence, may have been real or may have been a fantasy cooked up in his addled head.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Apparently, Callas’s last days were like that — addled, frustrated, sad.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Then, the rotten cherry on top: my lightweight pack, overburdened with water and ill-equipped for the task, created a patch of chafe that eventually bloomed into an open wound.
    Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2025
  • What rotten fortune all around, the best college player in the country – and the coolest – being ousted not by an upset but by injury.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Curdled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curdled. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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