How to Use poisonous in a Sentence

poisonous

adjective

• Chocolate is poisonous to dogs.
• This species of spider is extremely poisonous.
• The pond isn’t poisonous all the time, Mr. McAdams said.
  — Christopher Flavelle Sophie Park, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2023
• The noise can be poisonous to your morale and your state of mind.
  — Dave Knox, Forbes, 20 June 2022
• The zoo said Cara is not poisonous and didn't pose a threat to the public.
  — NBC News, 8 July 2021
• Are there poisonous plants or venomous snakes in the area?
  — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
• Mushrooms do grow in the wild, many of which may be poisonous.
  — Ashley Martens, Women's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
• This makes the Funnel Web Spider one of the most poisonous spiders in the world.
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
• Turns out the dog ate some poisonous leaves and perished.
  — Abraham Riesman, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2021
• The city was swiftly engulfed by a black cloud of hot poisonous gas.
  — Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books, 25 May 2022
• There are a lot of look-alikes out there, some poisonous or toxic.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 10 Sep. 2022
• And what former camp kid can’t spout off a rhyme about which snakes are poisonous and which are safe?
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 11 July 2024
• Kristin Chenoweth is the irresistible voice of the poisonous frog and stands as one of the film’s best new additions.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Almost anything can be poisonous if it is used in the wrong way, in the wrong amount, or by the wrong person.
  — Emily Paterson, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Mar. 2021
• The leaves do have a milky sap that can cause a rash in some people if they are exposed to it, but the plants are not poisonous.
  — Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 11 Dec. 2023
• The state-of-the-art theater, once a source of immense collective pride, is now a poisonous wedge.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2023
• Explain to them that the plant is very invasive and poisonous to some wildlife.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
• The robbers are punished in the eight circle filled with poisonous snakes.
  — David Bressan, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
• For boys who find themselves on teams with such a poisonous culture, sports are not a refuge.
  — Emma Brown, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021
• And, just a reminder, these snakes are venomous, not poisonous.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2022
• The devices emit carbon monoxide, which is a poisonous gas that can be lethal.
  — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
• The good news is that bedbugs aren’t poisonous, nor are they known to carry diseases.
  — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2023
• That all of these things looked the same from the outside explained much of how the politics of the county’s schools had grown so poisonous.
  — Charles Homans, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
• Arizona's diverse wildlife includes some of the most painful and poisonous creatures found in the desert.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024
• Red lights are a good way to hint at blood, and bright green can make your fog look radioactive or poisonous.
  — Kiona Smith-Strickland, Popular Mechanics, 20 Oct. 2021
• Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas that does not have any smell or taste.
  — Dr. Mishal Reja, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2021
• Most nauseatingly, a poisonous jet spray to the face takes some skin and flesh with it.
  — Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2023
• But as the speech continued, the rhetoric became poisonous.
  — Matt Bai, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
• Learn about the fun, edible kinds as well as the scary, poisonous ones, and revel in their funky fungi beauty.
  — Meira Gebel, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
• There are few sentiments as seductive to youth as pessimism and none so poisonous.
  — Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024