most pestilent

Example Sentences

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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)

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.

Brébeuf especially was accounted the most pestilent of sorcerers.

From The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century by Parkman, Francis

I understand that you two young men formerly belonged to the squadron of that most pestilent heretic and pirate, Cavendish; is it not so?

From Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by Rainey, W. (William)

"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