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Shpendim Nadzaku, the imam for the Islamic Association of North Texas, told the Guardian last month that since taking up his role last June, he had seen a definite "increase of very open vitriolic language towards Muslims in general".
At one stage, especially on the Monday, our switchboard was basically shut because of the number of phone calls we were receiving... vitriolic messages for everybody.
His widow, the exuberant Latin-American Consuelo Suncin, who died in 1979, is attracting almost as much attention with the posthumous publication of her vitriolic memoirs and the first biography tracing the transformation of an amoral woman into Saint-Exupéry's idealised representation of femininity, the Rose, in the classic children's book, The Little Prince (1943).
Chuck in the vitriolic intensity of the occasion and hence the jitteriness of some of England's batting, the sense of involuntary movements, of a loss of balance and certainty.
Broad also admitted he was surprised by the vitriolic reaction to his gaffe, before adding: "We're quite lucky with the abuse we receive compared to footballers.
The administration's choice of Rice and Power to address the Aipac conference, at which Netanyahu will also speak, is an apparent effort to try to tamp down an increasingly vitriolic back-and-forth between the US and its top Middle East ally.
But the vitriolic tone of her attack on David Cameron's policy towards Gaza, and her status as the first Muslim cabinet member, suggests her departure has the potential to inflict both political and moral damage on the Conservatives months before the general election.
So politicians will be politicians, the calmer amongst you argued, and we should give Mr Rubio a break for trying not to offend anyone.In this case, I agree with the more vitriolic commenters who accused me of journalistic malfeasance.
One prominent critic was arrested for his vitriolic campaign against the reforms.Most of Qatar's leading families did not take the poll seriously enough to field any candidates of their own.
Her public profile has been raised by her sometimes vitriolic critique of numerous government policy initiatives and she could play a key role in a united opposition.First-round victory likelyStill, the Economist Intelligence Unit expects Mr Morales to maintain sufficient support to be re-elected during the first round of voting, keeping him in office until 2014.
Having helped create nationalism and exploited it when it suited them, China's leaders now face vitriolic criticism if they do not fight their country's corner.
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The adjective "vitriolic" primarily functions to modify nouns , describing the quality of something (usually speech, writing, or criticism) as intensely bitter, corrosive, and malicious. Ludwig AI suggests this aligns with its use in describing intense, negative expression .
Expression frequency: Very common
