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  • Then he searched the pockets of the creature-man's clothes; found some pills which, by way of intensification of his sense of smell, he identified as poisonous.

    The Battle of Forever Van Vogt, A. E. 1971

  • On his blog he wrote: "This is painfully disappointing news for Jeffrey who has once again lived through a week in which his identity and reputation have been pored over, analysed and attacked once again by conservative forces in the church in a way which I can only describe as poisonous."

    Gay clergyman blocked from becoming bishop 2010

  • But it chanced that, in our bitter cup of failure, there was one ingredient that might truly be called poisonous.

    The Wrecker 1898

  • Judge Green described the Weiss/Delgadillo deal as 'poisonous.'

    BREAKING NEWS: Source: Cooley Eyeing AG Run 2009

  • Residents interviewed in Salim Salaam by The Daily Star are now suspicious of balloons, with many still believing the one that was placed in their neighborhood to be "poisonous."

    Archive 2007-01-01 Zoe Brain 2007

  • Residents interviewed in Salim Salaam by The Daily Star are now suspicious of balloons, with many still believing the one that was placed in their neighborhood to be "poisonous."

    A Load of Hot Air Zoe Brain 2007

  • And it appeared that the jurors put their problems behind them, problems that emerged last Thursday, when the atmosphere was described as "poisonous."

    CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2004 2004

  • The majority of the coast settlers will not eat them, being under the idea that, as they are all but scaleless, they are 'poisonous.'

    Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 Louis Becke 1884

  • The foliage, stems, and roots contain two toxic glycosides; hence, the plant is labeled as "poisonous."

    Lifescapes 2010

  • The foliage, stems, and roots contain two toxic glycosides; hence, the plant is labeled as "poisonous."

    Lifescapes 2010

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