How to Use vituperative in a Sentence

vituperative

adjective
  • These more quotable lines may sound kinda vituperative on the page.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
  • His emails contained vile, vicious and vituperative language, which gushed from the decadence embedded in his heart.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2021
  • The show is despite all this, somehow, a comedy, full of vituperative one-liners and thistle-sharp insults.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 June 2020
  • The slippery slope of civil-rights erosion is manifest every time certain members of the vituperative left open their mouths.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2017
  • His speech was rambling, unhinged, vituperative, and oh-so-revealing.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2024
  • People are more vituperative with one another and going after each other.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 May 2022
  • For someone known for his trolling and vituperative outbursts, Boll is also an instantly likeable and convivial host.
    — Grant Harder, VanityFair.com, 27 Mar. 2017
  • But vituperative disagreements over trade miss the point — trade relations are dwarfed in importance by capital flows.
    — Wade Jacoby, Washington Post, 30 May 2017
  • Mandarin speakers often told me how unwelcome they were made to feel, and sometimes went on to talk about Cantonese speakers in vituperative terms.
    — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • His current place of work embodies a neighbourly bond that is tightening even as politics becomes more vituperative.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • Daphne vilified him, for this and other fumbles, in an increasingly vituperative tone.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
  • But less conspicuous, less vituperative voices within corridors of power do just as much damage.
    — Siva Vaidhyanathan, The New Republic, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The initiative text is replete with vituperative language attacking personal injury lawyers as a class.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Kicking off a midcareer surge, Streep brings a thrilling, fierce originality to her vituperative fashion guru.
    — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 8 Dec. 2020
  • But the Congress that reconvenes this week will be bruised from vituperative electioneering and distracted by races that remain unresolved.
    — WIRED, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Sixty-three percent of those surveyed after Wednesday’s vituperative exchange said that the centrist candidate put in a stronger performance.
    — Isobel Finkel, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2017
  • Renata’s weakness lies in her inability to square her fear of being disliked with her vituperative personality.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 3 June 2022
  • Renata’s weakness lies in her inability to square her fear of being disliked with her vituperative personality.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 8 May 2024
  • But, in private, Koren could be aggressive and vituperative—a competitive colleague who sought to destroy the reputations and careers of those who crossed him.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Juxtaposed with these vituperative remarks are, naturally, shots of Trump seemingly falling asleep while on camera.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
  • This dynamic has grown most acute between Iran and Saudi Arabia, whose tit-for-tat exchange is growing ever more vituperative and violent.
    — Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
  • What’s more, the world remains afflicted by a lethal pandemic and the United States is enduring a vituperative and divisive election campaign.
    — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2020
  • The Irish comedy writer has become better known for his assertion that trans women are men and criticism of trans activism, expressed in often vituperative social media posts.
    — ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • By contrast, the years-long battle with Vertex was characterized by vituperative remarks and unusual public posturing.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 24 Oct. 2019
  • From his pulpit, Wicks rains down selectively vituperative fire and brimstone, with an eye toward provoking walkouts from unsuspecting visitors—say, a gay couple or a single mom.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Even so, Biden should be able to push through some measures that garner bipartisan support, such as another round of stimulus payments, an infrastructure bill, and a less vituperative trade policy.
    — Tom Keane, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2021
  • By definition, presidential campaigns are anxious affairs, often defined by vituperative rhetoric and high-volume antics.
    — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2020
  • His asking price for reimbursement in January went up after a vituperative letter in October to the university.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2023
  • What makes Trump different is how many former aides have come out against him, said Douglas Brinkley, a presidential historian, and how vituperative their criticisms have been.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • One of Temur’s texts, read aloud during cross-examination, stood out as especially vituperative, not to mention anatomically impossible.
    — New York Times, 5 Jan. 2021

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