Get to know Scourge better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like whip or soul.
Scourge meaning
- A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash.
- A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment.
- A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
Synonyms of Scourge
Using Scourge
- The main meaning on this page is: A whip, often made of leather and having multiple tails; a lash. | A person or thing regarded as an agent of divine punishment. | A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
- Useful related words include: whip, soul, mortal, somebody.
- In the example corpus, scourge often appears in combinations such as: the scourge, scourge of, this scourge.
Context around Scourge
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scourge
- In this selection, "scourge" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, investigated, tied and totally stand out and add context to how "scourge" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the scourge of domestic and address the scourge of gun. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scourge" sits close to words such as advantageous, airstrike and aligning, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scourge
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Companies have battled the scourge of meetings for decades. (9 words)
Little Shapes Founder Gets Crafty to Expose the Scourge of Botnetsnftplazas. (11 words)
New characters in the posters include Optimus Primal, Airazor, and Scourge. (11 words)
After all the efforts invested in the country for peace to reign, it is disheartening to observe over the years that thousands of Sudanese have been killed and unaccountable millions of people have fled their homes to escape the scourge of war. (42 words)
This means that the Scourge is effectively the greatest threat to both the Empire and the Rebellion, and it seems the Scourge is going to use Lobot’s influence in the Rebellion to take the Rebels down from the inside. (40 words)
However, some droids are also resisting the Scourge such as Ajax Sigma, a droid warrior-priest who once fought for droid freedoms during the High Republic and has since been rebuilt and reactivated during the event. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
As the story went on and Cap investigated Scourge's identity, he discovered that there wasn't just one Scourge.
This means that the Scourge is effectively the greatest threat to both the Empire and the Rebellion, and it seems the Scourge is going to use Lobot’s influence in the Rebellion to take the Rebels down from the inside.
The scourge of pirates can also be the scourge of your semester if you aren’t careful.
After all the efforts invested in the country for peace to reign, it is disheartening to observe over the years that thousands of Sudanese have been killed and unaccountable millions of people have fled their homes to escape the scourge of war.
Around 8,000 scammers and money mules were investigated here last year, and authorities are stepping up measures to counter the scourge.
As established in the Scourge is a sentient artificial intelligence that can pass through droids or cyborgs at will.
But in the wake of the Isle of Palms shooting, Mace has been urging her Republican colleagues to take action and do something concrete to address the scourge of gun violence.
Companies have battled the scourge of meetings for decades.
Earlier, the First Lady of the host country, Zimbabwe, Dr Auxillia Mnanagagwa noted that the men and male child must be included as an important community to help eliminate the scourge totally.
Ethnic and religious apartheid is the scourge of the Muslim Middle East.
His unwavering commitment to eliminating the scourge of bioterrorism from the globe is what drives him to heroically pursue evildoers, kill his friends' wives, and punch boulders.
However, some droids are also resisting the Scourge such as Ajax Sigma, a droid warrior-priest who once fought for droid freedoms during the High Republic and has since been rebuilt and reactivated during the event.
However, there was an alternate future that tied Scourge to the creation of Unicron in a world where Cybertron had been destroyed.
Humza Yousaf’s first Programme for Government focused on tackling the “scourge of poverty” – which is of course what his administration should be prioritising.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against WomenPresidency of the Republic called for joining efforts to end this scourge.
I’ve learned, and am still learning, about the scourge of domestic violence, and I’ve tried to highlight it.
Little Shapes Founder Gets Crafty to Expose the Scourge of Botnetsnftplazas.
New characters in the posters include Optimus Primal, Airazor, and Scourge.
Now, some may see inflatables as a scourge, a tacky way for busy households to decorate for the holidays with minimal effort and storage space required.
Once considered as an almost miraculous alchemic material, created in industrial laboratories, it is a scourge that has become integrated deeply into our way of life, rather like a cancer.
Common combinations with scourge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the scourge 121×
- scourge of 99×
- this scourge 14×
- scourge and 10×
- scourge is 8×
- scourge in 8×
- is scourge 7×
- scourge that 5×
- scourge on 5×
- that scourge 4×