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  • adverb In a sulfurous way.

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sulfurous +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "The former exterminator drove the loony Clinton impeachment, pushed the nutty Terri Schiavo legislation, gutted the House ethics committee, engaged in gerrymandering schemes, enhanced the pay-to-play political culture and made the Republican Party so sulfurously partisan, ethically suspect and God-centric that voters recoiled."

    Bill Mann: ABC-TV "Dances" Its Way to Public Disgrace With DeLay 2009

  • While his favorable ratings have dropped some, Hillary's are now sulfurously bad.

    To Argue or Not to Argue 2008

  • The way things now appear, the Democrats have a good shot at taking back at least one chamber of Congress, perhaps both — if for no other reason than that the president and the Republicans in Congress are so sulfurously unpopular.

    American Idols and American Leaders 2007

  • Before any more instruments join in, Mr. Malo, who possesses a sulfurously rich voice, murmurs one word and carries it for seven beats: "Siboney."

    Aerosmith vs. Matthews: Jaded Geezers Rule! 2001

  • The larger of the two looked over at her with sulfurously glowing eyes, and grunted.

    Jinx High Lackey, Mercedes 1994

  • In the ensuing uproar - fueled by people who were not comparably scandalized when George W. Bush was sulfurously vilified - her opponent raised nearly $2 million and her lead shrank from 13 points to her winning margin of 3.

    theleafchronicle.com - Local News 2009

  • In the ensuing uproar -- fueled by people who were not comparably scandalized when George W. Bush was sulfurously vilified -- her opponent raised nearly $2 million and her lead shrank from 13 points to her winning margin of 3.

    RealClearPolitics - Homepage 2009

  • In the ensuing uproar - fueled by people who were not comparably scandalized when George W. Bush was sulfurously vilified - her opponent raised nearly $2 million and her lead shrank from 13 points to her winning margin of 3.

    poststar.com RSS 2009

  • In the ensuing uproar -- fueled by people who were not comparably scandalized when George W. Bush was sulfurously vilified -- her opponent raised nearly $2 million and her lead shrank from 13 points to her winning margin of 3.

    post-gazette.com - News 2009

  • In the ensuing uproar - fueled by people who were not comparably scandalized when George W. Bush was sulfurously vilified - her opponent raised nearly $2 million and her lead shrank from 13 points to her winning margin of 3.

    unknown title 2009

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