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Six example sentences with vitriolic, each labelled with its topic.
The critic's vitriolic review of the album ran under a headline the magazine later apologized for printing.
Music
Debate over the water rights turned vitriolic, with neighbors shouting across the hall until the chair called recess.
Politics
Nineteenth-century salons produced vitriolic pamphlets, some attacking a single canvas for pages on end.
Art
Mark Twain's vitriolic essay on James Fenimore Cooper counts eighteen offenses against good writing in a single novel.
Literature
The patch notes drew a vitriolic response, with players posting screenshots of the old version beside the new one for days.
Gaming
The rival chief executive's vitriolic letter to shareholders called the merger a raid, and the board replied with silence.
Business
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