most pestilent
Example Sentences
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‘He died by reason of a most pestilent fever,’ answered the wounded man.
From The Red Romance Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
"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 Day, Holman
And thus ended my long and persistent pursuit of one of the most pestilent and formidable gangs of pirates that had haunted the Atlantic and West Indian waters for many years.
From A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron by Hodgson, Edward S.
He is known to be an influential member of one of the most pestilent secret societies in the country.
From The Gadfly by Voynich, E. L. (Ethel Lillian)
Much of his early writing has encouraged among the modern youth that most pestilent of all popular tricks and fallacies; what is called the argument of progress.
From George Bernard Shaw by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
