Examples of pestilential in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Spanish flu washed over the world in three pestilential waves during 1918 and 1919. — Damon Linker, The Week, 23 June 2021 Our national experience with the role of state and local governments in casino gambling should have taught us that there is a world of difference between sensible reform and making government a revenue-seeking partner in a pestilential business. — The Editors, National Review, 7 Dec. 2020 Adding to these burdens were the poor soil and periodic ravages of the pestilential boll weevil. — Trevor Paulhus, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2019 But what if there is scant succor to be had, and our true natures are not noble but necrotic, pestilential? — Constance Grady, Vox, 17 Nov. 2018 The classic treatise helped change public opinion of the Everglades from a pestilential swamp to a treasure that not only provides a home to distinctive flora and fauna but serves as the primary water source for the millions of residents of Florida. — Chelsea Greenwood Lassman, Teen Vogue, 1 Mar. 2018 The academic writes a proposal for a research center where these ideas can be given a pestilential foothold, a source of viral infection hidden in a legitimate academic setting. — James Freeman, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017 There are other pestilential concerns, among them dengue fever and chikungunya, a virus that swept through the Caribbean a few years ago. — Matthew Segal, Los Angeles Magazine, 13 Sep. 2017 But unlike other animals tagged as invasive and pestilential — like Burmese pythons, feral hogs, and snakehead fish — mute swans are widely beloved. — Brandon Keim, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2014 See More

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