poisonous

Example Sentences

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It’s got poisonous lead in it from paint.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

The death cap is the world’s most poisonous mushroom, responsible for 90% of mushroom-related fatalities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

Hydrogen cyanide, which is highly poisonous, can freeze into crystals at low temperatures.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

Perhaps, but it also gave an immediacy bordering on desperation to a story of teenage identity, poisonous social media and murder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

They picked their way across the ashen wasteland as red lightning flashed overhead in the poisonous clouds.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan