Sentence examples for plague ravaged from inspiring English sources

When plague ravaged Italy in 1259, Raniero Fasani, also known as the Hermit of Umbria, organized processions of self-scourging flagellants who practiced the ritual.

Tradition holds that the play had its origins in a vow taken in 1633, during the Thirty Years' War, when plague ravaged the countryside.

When plague ravaged London, she held parliaments at Hertford Castle in 1564 and 1581.

(Warner Home Video, Blu-ray $35.99, DVD $28.98, PG-13) SEASON OF THE WITCH Wandering medieval knights (Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman) must transport a young woman (Claire Foy) suspected of being a witch — and of having caused the plague ravaging the land.

After returning from a foreign voyage to seek aid with the deadly plague ravaging the city, Corvo Attano travels to the tower of Dunwall and meets with the Empress.

Plagues ravaged the populace; the Black Death alone is estimated to have halved the population.

Death during or after childbirth was a fate that awaited many women, and waves of the plague repeatedly ravaged Europe throughout the century, claiming many victims in Amsterdam.

The plague that ravaged northern Europe in the latter quarter of the fourteenth century was ultimately tracked to virulent spores breeding in the pocket lint of sailors from pestilential climes landing at the North Sea port of Hamburg.

This evolutionary hypothesis, which requires further testing, suggests that natural selection favored persons bearing the C282Y allele during the devastating plague that ravaged Europe during the Middle-ages [ 36].

The plague is ravaging perhaps 20 kinds of sea stars along thousands of kilometers of coastline.

The reason for the sale is not clear, though it may be related to the fact that plague was ravaging London.