pestilent

Example Sentences

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A swath of the Santa Clarita Valley is under a first-of-its-kind quarantine after the invasive and pestilent tau fruit fly was found in the area, officials announced this week.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Still, “The Good Mothers” is casting a wider net, indicting an entire pestilent culture.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2018

When faced with concerns about productivity, any possible pestilent threat to the harvest needs to be eradicated, which often means pesticides.

From Scientific American • Jul. 24, 2013

Judge Tingling lays all this out but then weirdly claims that the intent of the legislature, in amending the charter, was to provide “regulations that prevent and protect against communicable, infectious, and pestilent diseases.”

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2013

“Now be gone with you, pestilent little beggars! Go find pockets to pick somewhere else!”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs