Sentence examples for a blight that from inspiring English sources

There's a terrible emptiness in them, a blight that goes beyond the economic.

Outdoor advertising, a blight that can't be ignored, will become illegal".

Heathrow already produces illegal levels of air pollution, a blight that kills 9,500 people every year in London.

It was the second consecutive year of sharp increases, which the report attributed to a blight that destroyed nearly half of last year's crop.

Production, the other measure most frequently cited, was down sharply in the past year because of a blight that decreased the yield by 48 percent.

More than one of every six houses is vacant, according to the Census Bureau, a blight that can depress property values and attract criminals.

While cultivation rose, the actual production of opium dropped by about a third in 2012 compared with 2011 because of a plant blight that reduced its yield.

food to an unforeseen blight that could wipe out a G.M.O.

As a practical matter, the CSX Corporation, which manages the High Line, is still under an order from the Surface Transportation Board to pursue demolition, an outcome sought by Chelsea Property Owners, which objects to the structure as a dismal, dangerous blight that cannot be rehabilitated feasibly, attractively or economically -- especially at a time of budget deficits.

During his trip, Douglass witnessed the fallout of a terrible potato blight that was bringing famine to the land.

34th Street in Manhattan lies in the shadow of the nearby Penn Station, which is virtually imploding, but that's a case of urban blight that's actually a sui generis expression of the failure of the human spirit.