souring
IPA: sˈaʊɝɪŋ
noun
- The process by which something is made, or becomes, sour; acidification.
- The process by which fabric is soured, washing out the lime by means of acid.
- (dated) Any sour apple.
- (dated) Vinegar.
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Examples of "souring" in Sentences
- Reluctantly the demoness did, her expression souring as she parted with it.
- We see that here in the United States with what I call the souring of his presidency.
- He calls the panning of Yellow Dog "souring" and likens it to "having flu for a week".
- Polling now suggests that support is souring, which is probably why local politicians are sending in the cops all of a sudden.
- Meanwhile, Spain's 20% unemployment and persistent real-estate downturn has led to a rise in souring loans on banks 'balance sheets and lending growth is sluggish.
- Francis Home writes in Experiments in Bleaching, (1754) that diluted sulfuric acid is a good substitute for sour milk that also cuts the 'souring' process time by 90 per cent.
- "Traditional methods of bleaching wool involved dipping the fabric in water, boiling it in weak lye water, exposing it to sunlight ofr several days or weeks in bleach fields, and finally 'souring' the fabric by soaking it in sour milk."
- As the Obama Administration has in recent days taken a couple of steps in the civil liberties/national security area -- opposing release of torture photos and declaring an intent to retain some form of military commissions for terror suspects (while considering a system of preventive detention), the media has had some fun with a story line about the left's "souring," as Politico put it, on President Obama.
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