pestilence

Example Sentences

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We can expect economic upheaval, famine and pestilence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Every time she opens her mouth I swear a swarm of horseflies and pestilence are released to consume the countryside.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2025

We instinctively comfort ourselves: I will never set foot in a submersible, my life will never be uprooted by war or pestilence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2023

Tuberculosis has carried off many of their neighbors, and the pestilence has provoked a range of superstitious remedies among the villagers.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

People of every rank and station wanted to escape the spreading pestilence and breathe the fresh, healthy air of the countryside.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy