All 12 Uses of
venom
in
Gone with the Wind
- Old men growled in their beards, and Mrs. Merriwether who feared nothing rose slightly in her carriage and said clearly: "Speculator!" in a tone that made the word the foulest and most venomous of epithets.†
Chpt 2.14
- As food and clothing grew scarcer and prices rose higher and higher, the public outcry against the speculators grew louder and more venomous.†
Chpt 2.16
- On came the blue lines, relentlessly, like a monster serpent, coiling, striking venomously, drawing its injured lengths back, but always striking again.†
Chpt 3.17
- And anyway," she added venomously, "Melanie can't— Dr. Fontaine said she couldn't ever have any more children and I could give you—"†
Chpt 4.31
- She thought of Tara and remembered Jonas Wilkerson, venomous as a rattler, at the foot of the front steps, and she grasped at the last straw floating above the shipwreck of her life.†
Chpt 4.35
- She also had a letter from Suellen, poorly spelled, violent, abusive, tear splotched, a letter so full of venom and truthful observations upon her character that she was never to forget it nor forgive the writer.†
Chpt 4.36
- The old lady cackled, as if she were amused by her words, despite the venom in them.†
Chpt 4.40
- "Bring him in, Captain Butler," she called in a clear tone that bit with venom.†
Chpt 4.45 *
- "I'll bet the other ladies ain't grateful to me," said Belle with sudden venom.†
Chpt 4.46
- But," she added with quiet venom, "I'm going to show India and Mrs. Elsing what's what.†
Chpt 5.55
- There was venom in her eyes as she answered, venom that was too unmistakable to be missed, and the smile went from his face.†
Chpt 5.56
- There was venom in her eyes as she answered, venom that was too unmistakable to be missed, and the smile went from his face.†
Chpt 5.56
Definition:
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(venom as in: snake venom) poison created by some insects and animals such as snakes