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vial
/ ˈvaɪəl; vaɪl /
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of vial1
Idioms and Phrases
- pour out vials of wrath, to wreak vengeance or express anger:
In her preface she pours out vials of wrath on her detractors.
Example Sentences
Vial distinguishes between two types of images—the innocent and the showoff, in which the performers “play” for her.
But no matter where her career has taken her, or how big the Cirque has become, Vial keeps coming back.
Vial, on the other hand, has become a well-known photographer whose clients include celebrities and major advertisers.
Twenty-eight years ago, Veronique Vial was asked to photograph Cirque du Soleil.
When Vial got that first assignment, she was just beginning her photography career, and Cirque du Soleil was only a few years old.
Meanwhile, the cardinal had passed behind the altar to put on his pontifical robes; soon he reappeared with the holy vial.
But Iftikhar drew from his bosom a crystal vial, in which glowed a liquor red as vermilion.
But Iftikhar first knelt by Morgiana's side, drew forth the little red vial, and laid the magic, fiery drops upon her tongue.
You must uncork that vial and fling the contents into his face.
He filled the hypodermic from a little vial that glittered in the light of the lamp.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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