pestilently in a sentence
adv.
📚 Grade Level: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Definition
In a manner that is harmful or destructive, often causing disease or moral decay.
Sample Sentences
- The stagnant water in the abandoned lot festered pestilently, breeding clouds of mosquitoes.
- His pestilently sarcastic remarks left a sour atmosphere at the gathering.
- The once vibrant garden had turned pestilently overrun with weeds and decay.
- As the epidemic spread, the city was enveloped pestilently in fear and uncertainty.
- The pestilently sweet odor of rotting fruit made it clear that something was amiss in the kitchen.