Black Plague

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How to use Black Plague in a sentence

Then, my thoughts once more returning to the Black Plague grovelling in the snow, I felt a shivering of horror.
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales|Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian
I seemed to myself to witness this strange, mysterious scene, and my thoughts went off at once to the Black Plague.
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales|Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian
Then Gideon would shake his head and ascend the signal-tower, but neither right nor left could the Black Plague be discovered.
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales|Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian
There in the dark shadow of the recess at its side the Black Plague, with a horrible smile, unrolled a large bag.
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales|Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian

At the Cape de Verde Islands a terrible disease, described as a black plague, was very fatal.
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851|Various