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

They chased the richest inhabitants into the country, where they could breathe free of pestilent vapors.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2021

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

Newspapers launched crusades against pestilent alleys and excess smoke and identified the worst offenders in print—among them Burnham’s newly opened Masonic Temple, which the Chicago Tribune likened to Mount Vesuvius.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson