pestilence

Example Sentences

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We can expect economic upheaval, famine and pestilence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 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 dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2024

When that happened, the gods could bring death and devastation through floods and pestilence.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In return Apollo sent a pestilence, and Poseidon the sea serpent.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton