pestilence
Example Sentences
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We can expect economic upheaval, famine and pestilence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
He is the master of pestilence and disease; famine.
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025
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 • Jul. 16, 2024
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
“Not until this pestilence has left my lungs.”
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
