Example Sentences

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The year is 1925 and there are already the first rumblings of the economic storms that will blight the end of the decade.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2015

Some observers have taken to the Internet to critique the selection of Morphosis, with one commenter stating, "It will blight Zumthor's jewel, I fear."

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2015

Cameron fears it will blight his premiership and end up splitting his party.

From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2012

"They're low level issues very often, but they can be quite serious and they will blight people's lives and we have a duty to take things seriously," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2010

He believes that they have withered away under a curse, and that it will blight this child like the rest.” p.

From Mugby Junction by Dickens, Charles