Example sentences for: poisoned

How can you use “poisoned” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • There is no evidence against him, but he once explained to another neighbor how to make poisoned meatballs with a mixture of legal substances--organophosphates and others--that cause internal hemorrhaging, which was what killed Allegra.

  • The new version of the old theory: The parasites are a harbinger of a poisoned environment.

  • Thus, the fair Rosamond of English literature—Henry II's mistress who died in 1176—was (also said to be) poisoned to death in 1592, not in the flesh but on the page.

  • That is why countries with a history of runaway inflation, like Argentina, often come to the conclusion that monetary independence is a poisoned chalice.

  • The first visit of a Portuguese ship to Melaka in 1509 ended badly, as embittered Gujurati merchants poisoned the atmosphere against the Portuguese.


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