pestilence

Example Sentences

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

From Salon

He is the master of pestilence and disease; famine.

From Salon

In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death.

From Los Angeles Times

From the Middle Ages on, Paris’ early underground waste channels were a wellspring of public fascination — and a source of pestilence, criminality and existential dread.

From Los Angeles Times

His study came on the heels of another one published last November, which found that nearly a third of southern Sierra forests were killed by wildfires, drought and pestilence over the last decade.

From Los Angeles Times