How do you use Blight in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like devastation or desolation, plus the exact meaning.
Blight in a sentence
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Blight meaning
- A diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves, branches, or twigs, especially one caused by a fungus; a mildew, a rust, a smut.
- The cause of such a condition, often unseen but believed to be airborne; specifically, a bacterium, a virus, or (especially) a fungus; also, an aphid which attacks fruit trees.
- A state of cloudy, humid weather.
Synonyms of Blight
Using Blight
- The main meaning on this page is: A diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves, branches, or twigs, especially one caused by a fungus; a mildew, a rust, a smut. | The cause of such a condition, often unseen but believed to be airborne; specifically, a bacterium, a virus, or (especially) a fungus; also, an aphid which attacks fruit trees. | A state of cloudy, humid weather.
- Useful related words include: devastation, desolation, plant disease, plague.
- In the example corpus, blight often appears in combinations such as: the blight, blight on, blight and.
Context around Blight
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blight
- In this selection, "blight" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hallowed, person, extra, storyline, lore and plot stand out and add context to how "blight" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an extra blight resist debuff and an increasing blight on both. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blight" sits close to words such as abbreviation, abdel and adeleke, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blight
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Empty shops are a blight on our High Street. (9 words)
He walks off into the Blight, taking on his burden alone. (11 words)
In India, the practice of witch-hunting continues to blight some regions. (12 words)
His Human form has ready access to a stun and multi-person blight, acting as a budget Plague Doctor with an extra blight resist debuff, as well as a free HP and stress heal as a 'pass turn' button, while his Beast form is more damage-focused. (47 words)
For those familiar with the ongoing prosecution of the WikiLeaks founder by the United States via the extradition processes of the United Kingdom, a brutal carnivalesque endeavour that continues to blight that legal system, there is not much to be said. (41 words)
More than $55 million of the county’s covid funds have been allocated for projects that include technology upgrades, reconstruction of the underground parking garage at the courthouse, removal of blight, education enhancements and social service programs. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Behaviour also shared that the Blight's story is apparently a continuation of 's Hallowed Blight storyline from Halloween 2018, as well as the Hallowed Blight lore released since.
However, shortly before the Blight's final, "flowering", two self-aware entities created similarly to the Blight plot to aid the humans before the Blight can escape.
His Human form has ready access to a stun and multi-person blight, acting as a budget Plague Doctor with an extra blight resist debuff, as well as a free HP and stress heal as a 'pass turn' button, while his Beast form is more damage-focused.
Relying on citizens’ local perspectives and first-hand experience with blight, Nnamdi says she aims to support and develop these kinds of solutions in order to fight blight without surrendering to gentrification.
Suspicious, the Blight discovers that the first ships contains a data storage device in its cargo manifest; assuming it contains information that could harm it, the Blight destroys the ship.
After the livestream, we'll likely get patch notes for the Abattoir of Zir and potentially the Midwinter Blight event.
A fungal disease to look out for in the garden is the never-ending tomato blight and fusarium wilt.
Blight had pleaded not guilty to failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle alleged to have been guilty of an offence.
Blight remediation, school book policies, recreational improvements and police staffing are among issues and projects on the agendas of area communities in 2023.
Critics argue that using the mechanism to finance development on land that is not urban blight is misconstruing the original lawmakers’ intention.
Empty shops are a blight on our High Street.
For their part, wind turbines are a menace to both avian and oceanic wildlife, consume vast quantities of raw materials, have a limited lifespan and are an increasing blight on both inland and offshore landscapes.
For those familiar with the ongoing prosecution of the WikiLeaks founder by the United States via the extradition processes of the United Kingdom, a brutal carnivalesque endeavour that continues to blight that legal system, there is not much to be said.
He walks off into the Blight, taking on his burden alone.
However, 20mph in tandem reduces the blight on residents living in polluted areas.
In India, the practice of witch-hunting continues to blight some regions.
It had rare bipartisan support from progressives fighting gentrification and displacement in cities, and conservatives addressing blight in their rural districts.
It's conceivable that Rand battles Aginor early in season 2 because Rand is already in the Blight.
Llanfabon residents do not want more construction to “blight” their rural village, as proposals to extend Cilfynydd Substation are put forward.
More than $55 million of the county’s covid funds have been allocated for projects that include technology upgrades, reconstruction of the underground parking garage at the courthouse, removal of blight, education enhancements and social service programs.
Common combinations with blight
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the blight 26×
- blight on 23×
- blight and 14×
- to blight 10×
- and blight 8×
- blight the 7×
- blight is 6×
- blight that 6×
- blight in 6×
- are blight 5×