poisonous

Example Sentences

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“They live among poisonous sea anemones. The poison doesn’t affect them. Isn’t that cool?”

From Literature

The snake was thicker than my thigh, but I knew from Togbe that these giants weren’t poisonous.

From Literature

But there are dozens of other poisonous snake species for which India does not have targeted antivenom.

From BBC

In this poisonous time, those who grin at the notion of playing a Traitor may think twice about the potential cost to their principles.

From Salon

But time and again the poisonous isolation that absolute power imposes on its wielders blunted the edge of their insight and degraded the capacity of their societies.

From The Wall Street Journal