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How to use the word soured in a Sentence?

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I think that has really soured sentiment.

Sean Darby

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

The cable is so practical, so important and so emblematic of the relationship between Australia and our key partners in the Pacific, the Coral Sea Cable will deliver for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands a connected future, Payne said, adding that the aim was for the cable to be operational by December. China denies using economic aid as political leverage, insisting it considers the ability of a country to repay loans when offering finance. In a bid to counter China, Australia has offered A$ 3 billion( $ 2.03 billion) in cheap loans and grants to the Pacific. The competition for influence in the Pacific has soured bilateral relations between Australia and China. The relationship came under further strain on Tuesday when China confirmed it has formally arrested a Chinese-born Australian writer on suspicion of espionage. Yang Hengjun, a former Chinese diplomat turned online journalist and blogger, was detained in January. Payne on Tuesday said Australia held grave concerns about Yang Hengjun and the.

Marise Payne

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It soured investor sentiment and gave them a reason to take profits from gains posted in the past two days.

Takuya Takahashi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Sentiment was soured mainly by sharp falls in European and U.S. equity markets, and global commodity prices, the markets were also hit by China's PMI data released today, which doesn't look good.

Alex Kwok

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.

Charles Caleb Colton

added by anonymous
13 years ago

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.

Charles Caleb Colton

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The notion of political correctness . declares certain topics. certain expressions . even certain gestures off-limits. What began as a crusade for civility has soured into a cause of conflict and even censorship.

George Herbert Walker Bush

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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