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vitriol - use in sentences
Converse of object
- spit: Yet I think of Lester Bangs, spitting vitriol toward MOR safety in his " James Taylor Marked for Death " piece.
- throw: With the BNP throwing perhaps more vitriol at Kilroy and UKIP than any other party, it was clear he had them worried.
- aim: Do you worry about the vitriol aimed at you from AFC Wimbledon fans?
- direct: But that can't disguise the vitriol directed at people who come to these shores looking for a better future.
- heap: Many of his former colleagues in the Tory Party and the Tory press have heaped vitriol on him.
- produce: Rawson's chemical plant stop producing vitriol in around 1834 and the plant was sold to a Mr Wilson but closed in 1875.
Adjective modifier
- green: Copperas is hydrated ferrous sulfate, also known as green vitriol.
- such: Such vitriol toughened her up for the less esthetically pleasing career of boxing.
- more: With the BNP throwing perhaps more vitriol at Kilroy and UKIP than any other party, it was clear he had them worried.
- much: Once, an employe barged into his office with so much vitriol, violence seemed certain.
- pure: Donald Martin's witness box weapon of choice was pure vitriol.
- emotional: I agree that conservatives sometimes spit emotional vitriol, but they are not the only ones, and maybe sometimes passion is justified.
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