Devout persons are naturally afraid of secular ideals, and shrink from the notion of art intruding into the sanctuary; and, especially if they have never learned music, they will share St. Augustin's jealousy of it; and it is the more difficult to remove their objections, when what they are innocently suffering in the name of art curdles the artist's blood with horror, and keeps him away from church.
"A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing"
Robert Bridges
My blood curdles when I think of you being married to a man of the Tarnowsy type.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon
The gentle heave of the sea flashed forth with the white birds hovering over it, and the curdles of fugitive vapour glowed like pillars of fire as they floated off.
"Springhaven A Tale of the Great War"
R. D. Blackmore