curdle
verb (used with or without object)
to change into curd; coagulate; congeal.
were curdling
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past progressiveof curdle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Chattaway felt as if his blood were curdling.
From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood
Already the heavy cumulus clouds were curdling over the distant Drakensberg, and raising their white and shining masses over the near Xomlenzi range.
From The White Hecatomb And other Stories by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
