pestilent
Example Sentences
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He gets as far as lamenting that the Earth itself “appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors” before being blown up by a rocket.
From The Verge
Island living looks like a privilege when the world is pestilent.
From New York Times
And while White House numbers aren’t counted in the city’s official tally of cases, the Rose Garden stunt has created a pestilent hot spot.
From Washington Post
On the plus side, they are one of the world’s most proficient exterminators, yearly consuming millions of pestilent insects, grubs and worms.
From New York Times
The book sheds unflattering light on postwar developers, who claimed that the neighborhood’s pestilent cypress swamps could be turned into choice real estate as New Orleans pursued “the complete realization of its destiny.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
