Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word poison-tipped.
Examples
-
The hunter carefully prepares his poison-tipped arrows and sets forth on an important hunt.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
-
His tiny feet were a blur as he raced along with a mad grin on his face and his poison-tipped spear at his side.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
-
Hayworth delivers poison-tipped double entendres like they don't write any more in this classic noir love triangle.
-
KADUNA, Nigeria — The mobs poured into the streets by the thousands in this dusty city separating Nigeria's Muslim north and Christian south, armed with machetes and poison-tipped arrows to unleash their rage after the oil-rich nation's presidential election.
Nigeria Mobs Leave Charred Bodies In Streets The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
-
He ordered the creation of English and reading curriculum and was haunted by dreams of a female assassin entering the ranch and trying to kill him with poison-tipped stars.
-
His tiny feet were a blur as he raced along with a mad grin on his face and his poison-tipped spear at his side.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
-
Allman and Parker detail in their book, Tongnaab: The History of a West African God, how an armed formation of soldiers carrying two maxim guns and 27-pound field guns marched into the hills in March 1911, only to be held off by a hail of poison-tipped arrows.
Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010
-
The only course to subjugation, he reported to colonial administrators, was to take up arms against people who carried poison-tipped spears and engaged in banditry, earning them the reputation of being fierce and lawless.
Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010
-
We should have seen this for what it was: a poison-tipped dagger aimed at the heart of the Bush presidency.
COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE KARL ROVE 2010
-
From his poison-tipped pen flowed the expose of Hamilton's dalliance with the young Maria Reynolds, which had prompted Hamilton, while treasury secretary, to pay hush money to her husband.
The Feuding Fathers Ron Chernow 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.