VITUPERATE in a Sentence

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From one open shop came the sound of blows and vituperation, and just as the officer came up to it a man in a gray coat with a shaven head ...

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 Meanings and Examples of VITUPERATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
vituperate
 v.  spread negative information about
Classic Sentence:
1  The yeomen separated the incensed priests, who continued to raise their voices, vituperating each other in bad Latin, which the Prior delivered the more fluently, and the Hermit with the greater vehemence.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
2  From one open shop came the sound of blows and vituperation, and just as the officer came up to it a man in a gray coat with a shaven head was flung out violently.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXI
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