Examples of 'poison the well' in a sentence

Meaning of "poison the well"

poison the well: this phrase is a metaphorical expression referring to the act of presenting negative information about a person to preemptively discredit them before others form their own opinions
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  • To preemptively raise ad hominem arguments in order to discredit someone.
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poison, the, well.

How to use "poison the well" in a sentence

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poison the well
You let me poison the well.
I do not want all this mistrust to go and poison the well.
Now you poison the well in your argument.
I do not want to poison the well.
And poison the well.
She knew exactly what to say to poison the well.
Do not poison the well.
I will taint the waters and poison the well.
I will poison the well.
Yet again this is another example of how religion can poison the well.
They do poison the well.
Miller is also a former guitarist for Poison The Well.
We poison the well.
Tear from the Red was a transitional record for Poison The Well.
I am to poison the well which supplies the water to the Apostolic Palace.

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Tell me you did not poison the well for Vic.
So we poison the well between Jamal and Tariq.
As it is, you are simply trying to poison the well.
So, figured I would poison the well for everyone there, cut off any financial escape route.
Is not that what you said? Not poison the well.
How? Excellent. I am to poison the well which supplies the water to the Apostolic Palace.
If you listen to this podcast, you know that I poison the well all the time.
Not to poison the well too much for Branagh, but David Suchet is Hercule Poirot.
How could you you let Bay poison the well between us?
To poison the well between me and your daughter? Now he's trying.
In April, the group went on tour with Poison the Well and Spitalfield.
So we poison the well between Jamal and Tariq . Then what?
Following this, the band went on tour with Poison the Well in November and December.
Poison the well much?
Someone 's trying to poison the well.
Now he 's trying to poison the well between me and your daughter?
All right, as long as you don't go in there and poison the well.
So, what? Now he 's trying to poison the well between me and your daughter?
Yeah, man . I do not want all this mistrust to go and poison the well.
Ah, when it doubt poison the well.
From age 17 to 22, Miller was a guitarist in the hardcore punk band Poison the Well.
Burn this place down . Poison the well.
So here 's what we do, we poison the well.
Hey, come on . Do not poison the well.

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Okay well if nothing valuable is missing then
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