pestilence

Example Sentences

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We can expect economic upheaval, famine and pestilence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Comparing the reality TV villain-turned-Snapchat star-turned-Los Angeles mayoral candidate to pestilence is not meant to be an insult.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Those concepts interlace in his ossuary, enlivened when he plays his tenderly kept records, remnants of human joy all but lost to a Rage pestilence.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

In 2013, Zumba’s livelihood would then take another hit: a pestilence decimated his small cacao plantation and to this day he doesn’t have the $1,500 necessary to replant.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2022

“She is fevered. She has caught some pestilence from the land of rats.”

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins