Black Death
Example Sentences
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Plagues have existed throughout history, said Heeney, from the Black Death of the Middle Ages ages to the 1918-20 influenza pandemic which killed an estimated 25-50 million globally.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
In the immediate aftermath of the 14th-century Black Death, a highly educated Venetian wrote a chronicle claiming that the plague had wiped out a third of his city’s population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Indeed, history is filled with examples of this, from the medieval Black Death hitchhiking along the Silk Road to the “Russian flu” pandemic of the late 19th century that was accelerated by trains and steamships.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
But time travel is an imperfect science, and the technician overseeing the process is delirious from a virulent new strain of flu, so Kivrin is accidentally dropped into 1348, the year of the Black Death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
The first European incursion of the Black Death, in 1347-51, was a classic virgin-soil epidemic; mutation had just created the pulmonary version of the bacillus Yersiniapestis.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
