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  • verb Present participle of curdle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid

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Examples

  • Page 19 are chilled, their affection hurried back on themselves in curdling horror, with pity ineffable, and sorrow that cannot be repressed, we are united in saying, let the will of the law be done!

    The Martyred President: A Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1865

  • Constance, on guard at the moment, perceived the slight "curdling" of space which presages the appearance of the terminus of a hyper-spatial tube and gave the alarm.

    Children of the Lens Smith, E. E. 1954

  • It was rich and smooth and Rosemary felt that when the time came to ladle it into the cups she would have every right to be proud of her ability, for she alone had made the soup, the other girls fearing the mysterious "curdling" that sometimes spoiled their product.

    Rosemary Josephine Lawrence

  • Alas, Christmas day was so near I could not celebrate my festival on that day; but another day might find us just as happy; and after all it would be "curdling" too much joy into one of the shortest of our days.

    Medoline Selwyn's Work Hattie E. Colter

  • We needed Little Miss Muffet's curds and whey and we got them by separating or "curdling" the milk using enzymes found in rennet.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • A little more napalm added to the pool of unease curdling in his guts.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • After this exposure, would you say your fear is "total" or merely "blood-curdling"?

    For some reason there were a buttload of books with unicorns on the cover. karenhealey 2010

  • A little more napalm added to the pool of unease curdling in his guts.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • After months of blood-curdling threats about how deep the knives of austerity were to plunge, the truth is about to emerge.

    Europe's Bad Boys patience Wheatcroft 2010

  • A little more napalm added to the pool of unease curdling in his guts.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

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