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

We instinctively comfort ourselves: I will never set foot in a submersible, my life will never be uprooted by war or pestilence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2023

Tuberculosis has carried off many of their neighbors, and the pestilence has provoked a range of superstitious remedies among the villagers.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

That is pestilence, not peace, the old knight told himself with his last sip of wine.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin