Example Sentences

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But truly this is the narcissism of small differences – one Thrombey is as noxiously privileged and entitled as the next.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2019

This one was titled “My Father, My Attack Dog” and gave additional context to his decision beyond simply wanting to avoid creating the sequel to R.E.M.’s most noxiously catchy hit.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2019

Unless Ms. Russell had you at “alligator wrestlers” — not likely — you may well recoil at every noxiously fanciful item on that list.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2011

But there is also his composition Elevations 9, a chamber concerto for violin, sitar, bass guitar and bongos, and his affair with an ob noxiously ill-tempered girl named Sylvia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Half way down the lower hall, all his nerves on edge, all his unwonted boyish impulsiveness quenched noxiously like a candle flame, he met and passed Rae Malgregor without a sign of recognition.

From The White Linen Nurse by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell