billingsgate

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Baggs' own opposition to the war earned him a barrage of billingsgate from hawks�who in turn received a rubber-stamp reply: "This is not a simple life, my friend, and there are no simple answers."

From Time Magazine Archive

And there, some say, he also goes in for union-busting and Bowery billingsgate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nonsmokers, who used to say mildly, "Would you mind not smoking?" have moved up to billingsgate.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the floor of the U. S. Senate, Dr. Butler was spattered with billingsgate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Otherwise there might have been heard something approaching to billingsgate.

From Active Service by Crane, Stephen