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Example sentences for: plagues

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Escaping unscathed from the Black Death of 1348 and subsequent plagues, it built up a sound economic base and maintained a strong army with plentiful manpower.
By shifting attitudes and teaching youth to understand each other, we halt the violence that plagues our schools and neighborhoods.
The Death of Outrage suffers from the same surfeit of self-righteousness that plagues all Bennett's ventures.
Legend has it that if he's ever revived, he'll visit the 10 plagues of Egypt upon the world.
Once he does, perhaps the two parties can abandon this imaginary controversy and tackle the scourge that actually plagues Washington--not child sexual abuse, but child sexual abuse abuse.