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Six example sentences with vitriol, each labelled with its topic.
Rival newspapers of the 1790s traded vitriol weekly, each editor calling the other a liar, a fool and worse in print.
History
The forum thread dissolved into vitriol within an hour, with strangers attacking the developer over a missing dark mode.
Technology
Peer review is meant to be blunt, but the referee's vitriol about the sample size crossed from criticism into insult.
Science
The debate descended into vitriol within minutes, each candidate calling the other a liar before any policy was mentioned.
Politics
Early reviews poured vitriol on the sequel, and one critic suggested the studio owed audiences a refund.
Movies
Fans directed their vitriol at the general manager after the trade, and the arena chanted for his firing for a week.
Basketball
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