chalice
Example Sentences
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“You need fire and you need a chalice. To me, that fire is my creativity. It’s my birthright to create. And that chalice is the community that holds me.”
From Los Angeles Times
He once described the prospect of a humiliating cease-fire with Iraq as drinking from a poisoned chalice.
She described the move as a "poisoned chalice" that had left her vulnerable to redundancy, the court heard.
From BBC
"In the past, Eurovision was a great honour for so many artists," but now, "it might feel like a poisoned chalice to some".
From Barron's
She was thrilled to be a chalice bearer at the event but said she was stunned by the bishop's behaviour at their first meeting soon afterwards.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
