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

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 • Aug. 15, 2023

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

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The Iliad, however, begins after the Greeks have reached Troy, when Apollo sends the pestilence upon them.

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