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Example sentences for: plague

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And the treasury was empty after earthquake, famine, and plague had crippled the economy.
Mehta's writerly persona, a disarming mixture of the feline and the naive, is perfect for relating the little scandals that worried The New Yorker in the late '70s (plagiarism, frozen turbot), the drama of finding a worthy candidate to succeed the aging Shawn as editor, the purchase of the magazine by the evil Si Newhouse ("We all took fright") and the resultant plague of Gottliebs and Florios visited upon it, and what he sees as the final debacle: Tinaji.
Another pet peeve of mine is the blatant self- and cross-promotion that plague these sections.
The iron rococo cross in the centre was erected in 1763 by the Serbian community (in gratitude for being spared by the plague) and the majestic Serbian church on the hill is the town’s most prominent landmark.
What about the plague of locusts and the rain of frogs?"