How to Use poison in a Sentence

poison

1 of 3 noun
  • The villain in the play dies by drinking a vial of poison.
  • The killer gave her victims food laced with poison.
  • Poverty is a poison to society.
  • The poison of vipers is on their lips—and yet stop.
    — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • My mom yelled at me to stop and told me the spray was poison.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Yet the trio spitting this poison seemed full of joy.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Traces of a rare poison plant were found in his stomach.
    — Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The other guys have to pick their poison.
    — American-Statesman Editorial Board, Austin American Statesman, 14 Jan. 2026
  • At first, researchers had high hopes for the poison.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Where’s the spike in poison control calls?
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Snap traps, glue traps and poison bait stations are lethal for the mouse.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The inside of the wall is hot, with rat poison on the floors and stale air.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
  • There's something on the street that's poison.
    — Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Short of these kinds of changes, no amount of rat poison can fix the problem.
    — Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Yet when boiled, the sap turned black and could be used as poison on the tips of darts and spears.
    — Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Designed with air holes to keep the mouse alive, this live trap has no poison or glue.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • What if the false poison Juliet drinks hadn’t worked?
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Most died from manmade poisons.
    — Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This poison apple sour will cast you under its spell from the very first sip.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The poison can kill even monstrous-sized roaches, and kills their eggs, too.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Don’t use poisons, traps, or deterrents that could cause harm.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 28 Apr. 2026
  • People shouldn’t use poisons, which could hurt other wildlife, pets and kids.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2026
  • Dogs like to catch them in their mouths, and the toad excretes the poison into dog's mouth.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And this poison pen on loan from South Korea.
    — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2025
  • And even in the midst of all that hard work, this poison, like a ghost, comes in and snatches it from them.
    — ELLE, 13 Mar. 2023
  • But scientists had to figure out a way to get the snakes to snack on the poison.
    — Bethany Brookshire, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Homer says one cleaner found a cache of acorns and rat poison under some cushions.
    — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Toxic poisons sprayed in our lakes and rivers not only kill weeds but also wildlife.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Some rat poison pellets and sticky pads were being used to treat the problem.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Pick yer poison Or, as a non-pirate might put it, settle on a theme.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023

poison

2 of 3 verb
  • The factory poisoned the air with its fumes.
  • He was poisoned with cyanide.
  • How did the murderer poison the victim?
  • He poisoned their minds with hatred for her.
  • Illegal dumping of waste is poisoning the stream and killing fish.
  • His angry outburst poisoned the atmosphere of the party.
  • Hundreds were poisoned from drinking the contaminated water.
  • Any one of them can be poisoned.
    — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2026
  • This friend group is so poisoned.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Which toxic species can poison dogs and cats?
    — Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
  • Children have been among those poisoned this year.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Children have been among those poisoned this year.
    — CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • If a pet is poisoned by a cane toad, there are some warning signs.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • But would someone go so far as to poison a tree to keep the view open?
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • And schemes to dig up, drown, or poison the weed all have side effects.
    — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Why is poison the Kremlin’s weapon of choice?
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 17 Feb. 2026
  • One bad employee can poison the whole team.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Fish stocks have collapsed, and farmlands have been poisoned.
    — Abraham Nunbogu, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Her heart is completely poisoned with hate.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Sebastian left this world not by his will but poisoned by fentanyl.
    — Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Isabel Isabel is the first to say her son (and his lizard) were poisoned.
    — Town & Country, 13 July 2023
  • Some believe that’s by design, that the show has been poisoned on purpose.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
  • Both animals poisoned by the oil.
    — Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Now, having said that, the president can poison the well.
    — ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Who cares about the fact that her friend cheated when her child was poisoned by her husband and her father?
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The Maya were poisoning their own water.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Her teeth are poisoning her from inside her mouth, and her diarrhea is back.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
  • This cover-up is the dark secret that poisoned the family for years.
    — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The bait poisons the entire colony, including the queen, so no new ants can be produced.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 June 2026
  • Chloe then baked a cake poisoned with oleander leaves killing the owner’s wife and some children.
    — Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025

poison

3 of 3 adjective
  • Dropped in recent years because carbs are poison.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Power to the people is poison to the powerful.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Ever since Covid-19 drove many people out of office buildings five years ago, commercial real estate has been poison.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Constant procedural upheaval and backlogs are poison.
    — Scott White, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Michelle spins a long and complicated tale, but insists Teddy was wrong about the Andromedans trying to infiltrate and poison humanity.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 31 Oct. 2025

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