Sentence examples for was a scourge from inspiring English sources

"was a scourge" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means something or someone that causes widespread harm or trouble. Example: During his reign, Ivan the Terrible was a scourge on the people of Russia, responsible for countless deaths and atrocities.

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I was a scourge".

HEROIN was a scourge of America's cities in the 1960s and 70s.

The film also had the audacity to claim that homophobia, not homosexuality, was a scourge of society.

The young Zamora was a scourge of the lower leagues and he was seen as a future England striker.

To many he was a scourge and a criminal, responsible not only for thousands of deaths but for bringing notoriety to Muslims everywhere.

It was a scourge from the cold war era, standing for exactly 17 years like a stubborn sliver of the Berlin Wall.

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"It's a scourge," she said.

Gambling addiction is a scourge.

They are a scourge to be avoided.

It's a scourge on our society.

It is a scourge with many symptoms and causes.

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