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Example sentences for: insidious
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Far more confusion is being caused by the insidious loss of second-syllable stress in words that are both verbs and nouns.
Artaud's art is insidious; its penetration of what we know is so acute, its lucidity so much the equal of its delusion, that deciding where the one leaves off and the other begins can seem merely a measure of our own delusions.
"Marijuana may be a far more insidious drug than generally thought," the Post reported, "and apparently alters the brain chemistry of pot smokers in ways that may make them particularly vulnerable to 'hard' drugs such as heroin or cocaine, two independent research groups have found."
The most insidious kind of hole is a back door , put there with a benign purpose (like letting in the dog) that can be exploited for nefarious ends (like letting in a trained monkey to steal your wallet).
But most feminists, even recognizing the influence of preverbal and nonverbal forces and various sexist institutions, see acceptance of sexist language as an insidious poison.