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

The gloomy soliloquy that follows, in which Hamlet calls the world a “foul and pestilent congregation of vapors,” seems more a youthful pose than an agonized cry.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2012

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

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs