Sentence examples for scourge that from inspiring English sources

Hunger is a scourge that has many causes.

Many of his friends died from bouts of malaria, a scourge that has plagued this agrarian society.

And now, by buying it, people can contribute to battling the scourge that has blighted her homeland's recent history.

Our president -- our president will work with all nations willing to help us defeat this scourge that afflicts us all.

Most people have forgotten, but measles was once an uncontrolled scourge that infected three million to four million Americans annually.

"We cannot create an underclass or treat pregnant girls as a scourge that needs to be kept away," says Bah.

He began to sound the alarm among evangelicals, chastening Christians for their past reluctance to fight against a scourge that somehow offended their moral piety.

In 1972, Mr. Garelik proposed a monthly "Anti-Graffiti Day" to combat what he deemed a scourge that "pollutes the eye and mind".

But on the face of it, a five-year delay in "eliminating" a scourge that has horrified people since biblical times is a mere blip.

This is the conclusion of an Egyptian papyrus, written around 3000BC, that is the oldest known description of the scourge that is now called "cancer".

High-risk art Anish Kapoor has fallen victim to the artistic scourge that is health and safety while working on his large-scale work for London's Olympic stadium.