How to Use curdle in a Sentence

curdle

verb
Definition of curdlenext
Synonyms for curdlenext
  • Too much heat will curdle the custard.
  • Too much heat will make the custard curdle.
  • But much of that optimism has since curdled into pessimism.
    — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Like most cheeses, making cheddar starts out with milk—usually from a cow—which gets added to cultures and rennet to curdle.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 4 Sep. 2024
  • If the mixture starts to curdle, add a few spoons of the flour.
    — Sophie Dweck, townandcountrymag.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • But as the logic of the Cold War took hold, those hopes curdled.
    — Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Take great care that the mixture does not cook or curdle.
    — NOLA.com, 30 May 2017
  • The fat cap will look like hardened wax curdling on top of the surface.
    — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2017
  • Remove the pan from the heat and let cool for 5 minutes (don’t skip this step or the sour cream may curdle).
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2024
  • The cast buoys material that, in the wrong hands, could’ve curdled in a minute.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • Add 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice to 1 cup of milk to curdle it.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The center will still be a bit liquid and the sides almost curdled.
    — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Along with it, the zesty confidence of the early 2010s has curdled.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Things had started off promisingly in the late spring but curdled by the end of the summer.
    — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The cream cheese in our spinach dip winded up curdling right at the beginning and even scorched a little at the end.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The glossy Ayrshire cows are milked and the milk curdled into the farm’s award-winning cheddar cheese.
    — Jessica Rawnsley, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Note: Keep an eye on heat; if too high and mixture starts to curdle, reduce heat.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2022
  • Marie makes Malcolm a pot of macaroni and cheese and the whole thing begins to curdle.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Even the trailer for Oz Perkins’ horror feature curdles the blood.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
  • Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes or so to allow the acid to curdle the milk slightly and the mixture to thicken.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Add milk to fill one cup; stir and let sit five minutes to slightly curdle and thicken.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Are things curdling on the set of the action-thriller Gunpowder Milkshake?
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 5 July 2019
  • Add the potatoes, milk and 2 teaspoons salt, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat (resist the urge to heat it faster as this can lead to curdling).
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The sweetness of this novel would curdle if it weren’t preserved by a tincture of tragedy that runs through so many of these lives.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2019
  • By the mid-’90s, the easy intimacy the triplets had assumed began to curdle.
    — Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, 29 June 2018
  • Then out of nowhere, a familiar feeling begins to curdle in the pit of my stomach.
    — Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 19 May 2022
  • Even readers like me, already curdled against cars, will learn things.
    — Peter C. Baker, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
  • But the spirit of mischief that used to define the internet has curdled.
    — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 23 May 2018
  • Paula looks on with disbelief that’s starting to curdle for me.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The rivalry between the Salander sisters was curdling, though the fights stayed on the screen.
    — Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2018

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