Sentence examples for a common scourge from inspiring English sources

Ear infections are a common scourge of childhood.

Ringing cellphones are a common scourge of live performances, and indeed, most musicians soldier on.

A century ago, when shipworms were a common scourge, governments around the world paid scientists to study them.

Activists blamed corruption, a common scourge in a country that has been judged the fourth most graft-ridden in the world.

What is a knockout punch and how does it work?A knockout blow is a form of cerebral concussion, a common scourge in other sports such as American football, football and hockey.

A post-mortem on Tutankhamen's mummy, scientists reported last week, shows that malaria was one of the most probable agents of his death at age 19, in the 14th century B.C. Tut's case may be one of the earliest established by genetic tests, but malaria was probably a common scourge then, as it still is.

From a purely private resistance against misfortune he has graduated to the solidarity of a collective resistance against the common scourge.

It's also resistant to powdery mildew, a common squash scourge.

Weighing the issues yesterday, MPs sounded more like representatives of a modern medium-large size European multicultural nation state, who want to be good allies and make a practical military difference against a common terrorist scourge, while avoiding foolish provocations and blunders.

A tonic of gut microbes may be the secret recipe for treating a common hospital scourge.

What's the secret recipe of bacteria for fighting a common hospital scourge?