1 Through the obscurity which hid their faces their thoughts seemed to dart at each other like serpents shooting venom.
2 The old lady cackled, as if she were amused by her words, despite the venom in them.
3 "Bring him in, Captain Butler," she called in a clear tone that bit with venom.
4 "I'll bet the other ladies ain't grateful to me," said Belle with sudden venom.
5 "But," she added with quiet venom, "I'm going to show India and Mrs. Elsing what's what."
6 There was venom in her eyes as she answered, venom that was too unmistakable to be missed, and the smile went from his face.
7 The parrot fortunately offered no further interruption to the entertainment, the whole venom of his nature apparently having been cherished up and hurled against the twins in that one impetuous outburst.
8 Edna looked down at Mademoiselle Reisz and wondered how she could have listened to her venom so long.
9 I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom.
10 It was impossible to doubt that, whatever painful efficacy there might be in the secret sting of remorse, a deadlier venom had been infused into it by the hand that proffered relief.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER 11 But something hideous at once stifled all compassion in me; it even provoked me to greater venom.
12 From the alighting board, instead of the former spirituous fragrant smell of honey and venom, and the warm whiffs of crowded life, comes an odor of emptiness and decay mingling with the smell of honey.
13 ; the pupils in the seminary, these tender levities; errors imputed to newspapers, the imposture which distills its venom through the columns of those organs; etc.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO... 14 They deprecate the sight of scattered counsels, of internal disagreement; and especially they dislike making their just criticism of a useful and earnest man an excuse for a general discharge of venom from small-minded opponents.
15 I struck him down with no more compunction than if he had been some foul and venomous beast.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY