was curdling
- past progressive of curdle.
Example Sentences
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We smelled sweet and sour aromas in the copper kettle room where milk was curdling.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
But the atmosphere was curdling, and Mitchell seemed ill at ease.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2020
There was a depth, despite everything, to her fabled simplicity, and a courage to her lack of complications; even as the world was curdling around her, she insisted on the milk of human kindness.
From The New Yorker ● May 14, 2019
I was curdling on my mother’s floral-print sofa.
From Salon ● May 20, 2013
It was like she was curdling inside, filling with anger.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
