most pestilent
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Is there no lesson in the fact that she, nurtured in every luxury, braves the wildest day of winter in her mission of charity?—that the most squalid misery, the most pestilent disease never deterred her?
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
Quadr.” is an innocuous and sweet animal; but, when pressed hard by dogs and men, it can eject such a most pestilent and fetid smell and excrement, that nothing can be more horrible.
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley
One of the most pestilent of all social nuisances is the athlete who must be eternally performing "feats," and then talking about them.
From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by James Runciman
"You and your men are down there associatin' with the most pestilent set of robbers and land-pirates that ever disgraced a civilized country," announced the Colonel.
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Holman Day
He is known to be an influential member of one of the most pestilent secret societies in the country.
From The Gadfly by E. L. (Ethel Lillian) Voynich
