envenom

Example Sentences

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Still, an ascent by Ben-Gvir, a West Bank settler, to a ministerial role would further envenom Israel's standoff with the Palestinians and strain its internal Jewish-Arab ties.

From Reuters • Oct. 18, 2022

Ahead as well lay the uncertain prospect of American casualties -- losses that could further envenom what was already a passionate post-cold war debate.

From Time Magazine Archive

I feel moved to say bitter things—to shoot darts in defiance at every glance—to envenom every sentence which I speak.

From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by Simms, William Gilmore

These notaries are strange fellows; they envenom everything.

From The Marriage Contract by Balzac, Honoré de

The irritation of children can envenom two lives, for it seems almost inevitable that each party should think the other spoils or tyrannizes.

From The Intelligence of Woman by George, Walter Lionel