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
In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2024
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
Beginning in 1616, the pestilence took at least three years to exhaust itself and killed as much as 90 percent of the people in coastal New England.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing pestilence
"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Twelfth Night
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