How to Use vitriol in a Sentence

vitriol

noun
  • His speech was full of political vitriol.
  • The vitriol between the two men is never far from the surface.
    New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022
  • And the residue of the Koch funded right-wing vitriol from that fight still lingers.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Chiles also tried to protect her friend from the vitriol of the outside world.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The vitriol has led to an increase in hate crimes in Maryland and across the country.
    Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The other surprising thing is just the vitriol and the hate that gets thrown at these women.
    Neha Prakash, Marie Claire, 8 Apr. 2021
  • That shouldn't create an instant wave of fan vitriol and demands for the next guy to come in the game.
    Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2018
  • Some were courageous saints who tried to take on the ignorance and vitriol.
    Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2018
  • So with all this social media vitriol, why go on the show at all?
    De Elizabeth, Glamour, 9 May 2019
  • And like most conflicts, the vitriol doesn’t stay contained in one place.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Yet for all the galling vitriol, Manfred does not hide.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Just imagine the pain and the vitriol that immigrants must go through in a strange country and in a strange language.
    Meaghan Winter, The Atlantic, 26 July 2021
  • But the fact my kids saw a lot of the vitriol and hatred towards me, that in itself was taxing and hard.
    Ed O’Bannon, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021
  • The struggles led to an endless stream of vitriol from a frustrated fan base.
    Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Internet chat rooms and sports talk radio shows across the state crackled with vitriol for much of the past week.
    Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • That vitriol politicized the idea of day care, poisoning the debate for decades.
    Bryce Covert, The New Republic, 1 May 2018
  • Nor is the judge bothered by the more routine vitriol directed her way.
    Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Koffi flinched away from the accusation in her head, from the vitriol in it.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Then came the tweetstorm, a nasty barrage of online vitriol.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
  • The anger and vitriol and division all around us seem to suggest the need for more dialogue as a path to healing.
    Anand Giridharadas, Time, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The Times has been a frequent target of Musk’s vitriol.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But his statement was a taste of the vitriol sure to flow from his camp if charges are brought against his organization.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 29 June 2021
  • Our health as a nation and our actual mental health are drowning in the vitriol.
    Samantha Boardman, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The vitriol from unhappy fan bases is at an all-time high due to social media.
    Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Vergara almost died by suicide in response to the vitriol.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 11 Feb. 2021
  • But what did unsettle Sarpong was the racist vitriol hurled her way.
    Manori Ravindran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The vitriol was so great that state media outlets soon called for such personal attacks to stop.
    Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Fox’s vitriol and distortions are simply viewed as part of the landscape now.
    Ben Smith, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2021
  • Tenev and his colleagues were taken aback by the vitriol directed at them.
    Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
  • That's the vitriol that happens on the other side so don't pretend that this doesn't happen.
    Fox News, 11 Aug. 2018

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