most pestilent
Example Sentences
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Most cunning and most pestilent of men, Nor I, nor any other Argive, saw Thee toiling in that fray, when Trojans strove Fiercely to hale away Achilles slain.
From The Fall of Troy by Arthur Sanders Way
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
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 Edward S. Hodgson
‘He died by reason of a most pestilent fever,’ answered the wounded man.
From The Red Romance Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
He is a most pestilent, abominable man, Mr. Boothby.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope
