poison pen
Example Sentences
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There’s no murder here, but someone is leaving poison-pen letters, repellent drawings and destructive wreckage around the campus; Harriet, drawn back for an alumni weekend, gets pulled into the mystery.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2019
The Villemins alerted the police and began recording the calls, whereupon they stopped – and the poison-pen letters started.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2017
Theroux retaliated with "Sir Vidia's Shadow," a poison-pen memoir about their friendship.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2016
Mr. Theroux was then inspired to write the poison-pen memoir “Sir Vidia’s Shadow.”
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2011
"Did you know anything about the poison-pen letters in Madison?"
From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by Taft, William Nelson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
