invective
Example Sentences
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Many thanks to Gary Dexter's fabulous "Poisoned Pens: Literary Invective from Amis to Zola" for corralling a number of these quotes.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2021
Invective from both sides ceased, and international censure and pressure on Pyongyang lessened.
From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2019
Invective has dominated the bitter race for Governor of Pennsylvania almost from the start, and last week Democrat Richardson Dilworth told a Philadelphia audience why.
From Time Magazine Archive
Invective can be hazardous on the hustings in these timorous days.
From Time Magazine Archive
And, 3 Letter from Cui dated 9 March 1863, quoted in Nicolas Slonimsky, Lexicon of Musical Invective, 2nd ed.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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