poison

Example Sentences

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Play nice at tax time: Tax season can be poison for couples.

From MarketWatch

I thought it might be the flu, when I could still think, or food poisoning from the pieces of fat.

From Literature

The connection between Douglass’s fame, Assing’s death and the chemical composition of a poison might be somewhat labored, but Ms. Popova sells it as a portrait of cosmic interconnectedness.

From The Wall Street Journal

Residents are concerned the herbicides poison creeks, harm wildlife and threaten people’s health, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Condors vanished from the state’s North Coast after the arrival of European settlers, who killed other animals with lead bullets and strychnine — poisoning the raptors that feed on carrion.

From Los Angeles Times