How to Use plague in a Sentence

plague

1 of 2 noun
Definition of plaguenext
Synonyms for plaguenext
  • There has been a plague of bank robberies in the area.
  • The country was hit by a plague of natural disasters that year.
  • The first victim of the plague is the Castle’s guardian Bayram.
    — Kaya Genç, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Is a plague spreading across the forests of Lindon at a rapid pace?
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Those of us who haven’t lost someone to the plague are well and truly over it.
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
  • For a brief moment, there seemed to be a lull in the politicization of a plague.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Only from the sixth plague on does the Torah state that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • What Are the Symptoms of Plague? Bubonic is the most common type of plague.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The sultan sends out a second doctor, Nuri Bey, to solve the crime and try again to contain the plague.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The night watchman stokes his lamp and walks wide-eyed tourists through the back lanes telling stories of hot oil and great plagues.
    — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Emma Gray was among the first to notice signs of the impending plague.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Playing with accessories Retelling the story of the 10 plagues is the best, believe it or not.
    — Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Cases of the disease increased, as did plague, spread by fleas.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Among the plagues of Michigan, there are a few things which stand out: construction, snow and bugs.
    — Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2023
  • In 1518, a dancing plague overtook the city of Strasbourg in the Holy Roman Empire.
    — Vulture, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Most of that money is linked to students, many of whom left during the plague year and haven’t returned.
    — Matthew Hennessey, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In the Middle Ages, plague caused a pandemic called the Black Death and was thought to spread by fleas carried by rats.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The film follows Smith as Dr. Robert Neville, a biologist and one of the few survivors of a strange plague.
    — Emily Rochotte, Redbook, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Pests and diseases plague ground dwelling tomato plants.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Funny how the Chargers are suffering from the same plague that wiped out this year’s Padres.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The 42 remaining samples were from people killed during the Black Death by the plague.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2022
  • For a sequence with the ten plagues, Luke was tasked with filming vultures landing on a statue.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • In the warmer countries of Asia, rats visibly suffered from outbreaks of plague.
    — WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The action is set on the heels of a plague, but any resonance with the present seems purely incidental.
    — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 17 Nov. 2023
  • In The Last of Us, a video game series and recent television show, fungal pathogens are to blame for a zombie-like plague.
    — Tara C. Smith, Quanta Magazine, 23 Feb. 2023
  • When kept on the floor, shoes can spread around a closet like a plague, consuming premium space.
    — Hannah Holland, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Hurts and Brown joined a growing list of injury concerns that plague the Eagles ahead of the postseason.
    — Dan Gelston, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
  • When the pharaoh refuses, God unleashes 10 plagues on the Egyptians.
    — Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 7 Mar. 2023
  • At long last, our researchers have found a natural way to soothe the digestive issues that plague so many of us.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Howell, making his first career start, avoided the bad plays that plague young quarterbacks for the most part.
    — Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2023
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plague

2 of 2 verb
  • Crime plagues the inner city.
  • Drought and wildfires continue to plague the area.
  • Computer viruses plague Internet users.
  • The same shoulder once plagued him during a rocky start to the 2021 season at Ohio State.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023
  • This is a problem that plagued Noah’s Daily Show as well, of course.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Canada has been plagued by the worst wildfire season on record.
    — USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • It’s made hurricanes and rain storms that plague the city both worse and more frequent.
    — Leslie Kaufman, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The Clippers collapsed in the fourth quarter, plagued by poor ballhandling and turnovers.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Read: Are you plagued by the serial get-out-of-debt disorder?
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Dangerous levels of heat have plagued much of Texas and the Southwest this summer.
    — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • There was no odor or sign of rats, which often plague composting sites.
    — John Leland, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • But the questions that plagued Iger during his time atop the Magic Kingdom remain.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 July 2023
  • Klimek: John’s book was published before the massive fires that plagued Canada over the summer.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • While the town may seem picture perfect to outsiders, the outlet reports a handful of flaws have plagued it for years.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Instead, Shop is plagued by the same problems with a free-for-all marketplace that Amazon has faced.
    — Alex Barinka, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The strongest storms could bring along damaging wind gusts, hail and heavy rain, just like the storms that have plagued parts of Alabama all this week.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 17 May 2023
  • Power and water cuts have plagued Algerians for two weeks as the heat set in, with the taps running dry in many cities.
    — Vivian Yee, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • Short-term, the heat wave that has plagued the south-central U.S. for much of this month will continue through the weekend, the weather service said.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
  • Problems have plagued the Greek programs in recent years.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Myanmar’s borderlands have been plagued by civil conflicts since the end of the second world war.
    — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
  • And for all the issues that have plagued the awards over the years, that bond has proved durable, helping the show survive numerous scandals that could have felled it.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The company has been plagued by safety issues and recalls, slowing growth and has even been forced to slash prices.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Word of mouth could prevent the second-weekend slump that usually plagues scary movies.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The stiffer structure does much to reduce the squeaks and rattles that have always plagued Corvettes, but chief engineer Dave Hill didn't stop there.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The trial is a spotlight on the woes of a country plagued by corruption, poverty and lawlessness.
    — Wesley Parnell, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • More broadly, heat waves and high temperatures are also plaguing many parts of the world.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 July 2023
  • Heat waves have broken records all over the globe during the past few months, including prolonged events called heat domes that plagued the southern stretch of the U.S. and parts of the Mediterranean.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But friction has long plagued the OpenAI board, which hasn’t even been able to agree on replacements for members who have stepped down.
    — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The park, surrounded by its own mini-Great Wall, was plagued by fires and eventually shut down for good.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023

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