Sentence examples for like a scourge from inspiring English sources

Gen. Walter E. Lauer, who said that the platoon "went through the town like a scourge".

Congress and medical experts have called on sports officials at all levels to treat doping like a scourge.

LinkedIn's emails, with their pervasive phrase "I'd like you to join my professional network", may seem like a scourge to some.

But it continues to act less like a scourge of illegal violence than its sponsor.This week, the Supreme Court rebuked the state government's prosecutor for his failure to secure the arrest of ten of 21 Hindus accused in an infamous court case arising from the violence: the burning to death of 14 Muslims in a bakery.

If you look hard enough, we are often taught by the press, you will find meth lurking in the Midwest, spreading like a plague across the Great Plains, lingering like a scourge in the decaying heartland of small towns nationwide.

Beware of anti-autism groups, which tend to lure parents with an ideology of martyrdom and treat autism like a scourge to be eliminated.

Consider immunization campaigns for diseases like polio – a scourge we have almost beaten, but which still strikes the poorest people in the world.

Sudden Oak Death (SOD), caused by an exotic, fungal-like pathogen, is a scourge of oaks and other trees in coastal California and Oregon.

And violence has been increasing in the peaceful country, a trend often blamed on pasta base, a crack-like drug that is a scourge in much of South America.

Indeed, mirrored, chrome-like wraps are something of a scourge, having been made illegal in some states given their potential to dazzle other drivers – and not in a good way.

"Tribal regulations of pot are going to have to dovetail with tribal values, making sure marijuana isn't a scourge like alcohol or tobacco".