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Meanings of pestilence in English
Usage of pestilence in English
1
Some people use it whenever possible; some avoid it as a pestilence.
2
War and pestilence are intimately associated in the mind of the Babylonians.
3
It is now the year 1665; is not the pestilence in London?
4
There are worse things than pestilence in the wilderness, the woman replied.
5
No great external calamity has visited the nation; no pestilence or famine.
6
It was a formidable campaign; a nocturnal battle against pestilence and suffocation.
7
The pestilence had broken out in Athens accompanied by shocks of earthquake.
8
And now within the city starvation set in, and a pestilence spread.
9
The Bishop of Rochester said the scheme had been like a pestilence.
10
The pestilence which is the usual accompaniment of war was called influenza.
11
A pestilence had destroyed the tribe inhabiting the place where they landed.
12
Of course the wine and spirit must be shunned like a pestilence.
13
War, famine, and pestilence, the usual cures for corruption in bodies politic.
14
This pestilence did not remain confined within the walls of a monastery.
15
But Anne recovered, the pestilence ceased, and Henry resumed the divorce proceedings.
16
They were a blight, a pestilence, defying His wishes at every turn.
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Translations for pestilence
Portuguese
Pestilence through the time
Pestilence across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common