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

I can’t pretend that moviegoing was in great shape before theaters became a pestilent vector.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2022

Acland saw polluted water as a potential contributor to pestilent air, not as a medium for the spread of an invisible agent of disease.

From Scientific American • Jan. 29, 2019

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

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2018

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

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs