Great Plague
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He was also an eyewitness to the Great Plague of 1665, which took an estimated 100,000 lives, about a fourth of London’s population, in 18 months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
This timely political drama, which takes place in London during the Great Plague of 1665, explores themes of class and illness as a wealthy couple and two working-class survivors quarantine together.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2023
The Great Stink never garnered the notoriety of London’s Great Fire or Great Plague, although we can at least thank the stench for inspiring the invention of the modern sewage system.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2022
Another is Defoe’s “A Journal of the Plague Year” about what it was like to be in London during the Great Plague in 1665.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2020
But gradually, I began to grasp what it was I’d come upon: the remnants of a village destroyed by the Great Plague of some years back.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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