Sentence examples for physically pernicious from inspiring English sources
The crop that enriches the Bertrams is sugar, criticised at the time by Thomas Love Peacock as an "economically superfluous" and "physically pernicious" addition to the English diet; more shockingly, Byrne notices that Austen's father acted as an intermediary for cronies who traded in Indian opium.
The pernicious, toxic and inescapable lifelong effect of being disciplined physically – either to the point of abuse, or to the point that the distinction between acceptable and unacceptable blurs in your mind – is that you almost have to say you turned out fine, just to redeem the fact of being who you are.
Tight fitting clothes physically block pores and trap sweat, creating the moist, humid environment in which the pernicious P.bacteria thrive.
But mobile phones pose the biggest risk, for research shows that these gadgets distract in a more pernicious way.The human brain has to work harder to process language and communication with somebody who is not physically present.
It's a pernicious relationship".
Alcoholism is ugly and pernicious".
And sentimentality can be pernicious.
Domestic abuse is pernicious.
That inertia is pernicious.
