venomously

Example Sentences

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Portman Road erupted as the ball flew into the net, venomously struck by the left-back, beating keeper Gavin Bazunu at his near post.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024

To the end, Mr. Taylor stayed unpredictable and irreverent — sometimes lashing out at the use of pointwork in ballet, once writing venomously to a number of critics, often wicked about artists dead and alive.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2018

If someone sends her a mean tweet in the coming weeks, she is unlikely to respond as venomously as she might once have done, or even at all.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2017

“A lot is expected of us,” echoed Ronan, who is making her Broadway debut as Abigail Williams, the teenager who venomously accuses the village’s most virtuous citizens of witchcraft.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2016

“Go up, go up, go upl” he shouted frantically at McWatt, hating him venomously, but McWatt was singing buoyantly over the intercom and probably couldn’t hear.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller