Molotov cocktail
Example Sentences
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Yet, Paul Thomas Anderson’s fun and fizzy adaptation views its Molotov cocktail as half-full.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
But the relationship between Temi and the wife gives us more to consider, especially as Temi brings things to a breaking point with a Molotov cocktail of a lie.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023
“Consent” is a Molotov cocktail, flung at the face of the French establishment, a work of dazzling, highly controlled fury.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2021
“Sorry to Bother You” is a Molotov cocktail in movie form, an explosive introduction to the brain of Boots Riley, who blends Michel Gondry’s playfulness with Spike Lee’s verve.
From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2018
The new tactic has been dubbed the “poopootov” in a play on the Molotov cocktail often seen at streets protests in Venezuela.
From The Guardian • May 9, 2017
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
