The depredations of the robber bands were a terrible scourge upon them all.

He led me into a conference room where staff met to devise strategies against terrible scourges they couldn't always identify.

For a long time people had considered the Gap Dragon a terrible scourge, serving no useful purpose.

Then he rubbed his hands as if to cleanse himself of some terrible scourge.

When Israel was within a day's journey of Tetuan a terrible scourge fell upon the country.

The fire raced across men and machines like a terrible scourge.

Yet I am sure it is not bluff; somewhere, somehow, a terrible scourge is in the making.

This is a tragic, terrible scourge, and we therefore need to start everything more or less from scratch.

Finally, I cannot avoid mentioning the terrible scourge of physical, psychological and sexual violence against women.

Poverty is truly one of the most terrible scourges we are faced with today.