invective
Example Sentences
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The book’s finest pieces wrangle, in elegant prose, with humanity’s contradictions; the weaker ones indulge in name-dropping, footnotes and op-ed invective.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025
“As long as the name is not an insult or an invective, then I’m OK with it.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024
He leaps up, grabs a handset and lets loose a stream of invective over the airwaves.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023
No—Ackman’s saved his invective to lambaste perceived wrongdoings at Harvard, instead.
From Slate • Dec. 14, 2023
Churchill combined their example with his father Randolph’s gift for invective.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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