poison pen

Example Sentences

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The jury has also been told that Farooq had a grievance against several of his former colleagues at St James's Hospital, and "had been conducting a poison pen campaign against them".

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023

Paul jokes he picked people who “maybe have a bit more of a poison pen than I would.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021

“Do your homework in the future before your poison pen releases more disinformation. Remember, not all of the crew was interviewed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2019

Thanksgiving is coming up, and we have a layover both ways, so that means there’ll be four magazines waiting for his poison pen, and I’d really not rather fight about this during the holidays.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2015

“Our aunt and our great-grandma should be rocking on this porch together. Not sending poison pen letters back and forth through you.”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia