Sentence examples for curdle from inspiring English sources
The word "curdle" is correct in written English
It is typically used to describe the process of a liquid, especially milk, thickening or forming curds, often due to heat or acid. Example: "If you heat the milk too quickly, it may curdle and spoil the recipe." Alternatives include "thicken" or "coagulate."
verb
To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
- Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.
If you slack now, you'll find the mixture will really clump and curdle when you come to add the eggs.
It may curdle towards the end but this won't affect the cake.
If he does not sell the milk that day it will curdle, and he will not be able to eat.
If the sauce looks as if it's about to curdle, remove the bowl from the heat for a minute and keep whisking, before returning to the pan.
But the process is starting to curdle – even without the spectacle of lawyers arguing, yet again, over the same controversies before a barrage of international TV cameras.
Many were convinced that they could curdle milk or ruin pickles.
(If it boils, the custard will curdle).
Ms Galchen writes with impressive authority, spinning artful descriptions and punchlines that curdle unexpectedly.
In the first, visitors are drawn straight into the fray with scenes of abduction, death and combat that curdle the blood.
But in America attitudes to business have changed little since the crisis 49% think positively of big business and 95% of small business while attitudes to government have continued to curdle: a Pew poll shows that the proportion of people who trust government has declined from 42% in 2000 to 22% today.
The prostitute hired to play the queen by moonlight was rashly procured because Rohan's trust had begun to curdle.
