has curdled
- present perfect of curdle (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Colombian writer-director Simón Mesa Soto’s acutely observed Cannes-recognized “A Poet” lays bare that torment with the tale of a has-been writer for whom exquisite suffering has curdled into garden-variety middle-age failure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
Even as investor sentiment has curdled, TD Cowen believes a sustained appetite for data-center spending could cause Vertiv’s customer orders to accelerate as soon as the fourth quarter.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
That flush of enthusiasm hasn’t just faded, it has curdled into the most recent example of why it’s better to approach public figures as a citizen than as a fan.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
But since his elevation to the Supreme Court, Gorsuch’s prose has curdled into a glop of cutesy idioms, pointless metaphors, and garbled diction that’s exhausting to read and impossible to take seriously.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2018
The largest has curdled into a pillar like the cloud of tephra and ash and steam that billows atop an erupting volcano.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
