Sentence examples for blight struck from inspiring English sources

In the summer of 1846, a blight struck the potato crops, leading to the Irish Potato Famine.

The area avoided the urban blight that struck the southern parts of the Bronx in the 1970s and '80s, but there were doldrums, local officials said.

The danger has been likened to that of Phytophthora infestans, the blight that struck European potatoes in the 1840s, setting off a famine that killed perhaps a million people in Ireland and forced even more to emigrate.

The samples lack the genetic signature of a widespread strain of the fungus, US-1, which has been assumed from its worldwide distribution to have descended from the 19th-century blight that struck Ireland and much of Europe.

The Knicks are a major part of the urban blight to strike most of the city's teams.

Another advantage of growing tomatoes quickly is that, with luck, you will be a jump ahead of blight which strikes in hot damp weather.

Indeed, the Asian plantations proved crucial when Brazilian trees were struck by blight.

In 1891, a blight of hop aphids struck the hop-growing West Coast from British Columbia to California.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers refused to get carried away after the 3-2 win over Tottenham last Sunday and was proved right as the inconsistency which has blighted his side's season struck again.

When ecological disaster struck, thanks to a virulent crop disease called potato blight, farmers were cornered with no other option.

It really struck me when he described behaviours that have either blighted my life in the past or that I continue to struggle with.