sour
adjective
having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
were souring
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past progressiveof sour.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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Irritation and annoyance were souring into something worse.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2017
By the early 1980s, rising crime rates were souring the country on rehabilitation.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2016
Confirmation that shareholders were souring on yieldcos came two weeks after the Vivint deal was announced, when the second yieldco, TerraForm Global, went public.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2016
The raters, which the report says stamped the highest Triple-A grades on securities they knew were souring, were hamstrung by a system that has a built-in conflict of interest, Levin said.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 14, 2011
They were souring on him as they would have expressed it in their language.
From The American Claimant by Twain, Mark
