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• He grows five different varieties, still experimenting, trying to find a prattie that would resist the blight.2009, Mary Pat Kelly, Galway Bay. From the entry prattie
• This paper reports on the transformation of apple aimed on an improvement of resistance to fire blight.2003, Viola Hanke, Klaus Geider, Klaus Richter, “Transgenic Apple Plants Expressing EPS-depolymerase: Evaluation of resistance to the…. From the entry fire blight
• “You must have heard” – addressed the stranger – “about the blight that has struck our mapletrees.1995, P.E.N. Israel 1995: A Collection of Recent Writing in Israel, P.E.N. Israel, pages 88–89. From the entry mapletree
• Pear growers also often reported scab and fire blights as the most damaging diseases.1949, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Information Bulletin, page xv. From the entry fire blight
• Thus the development of reason is accompanied by no inner blight or withering.1907, Margaret McMillan, Labour and Childhood, page 120. From the entry train
• More recently, sudden oak death, oak decline, beech wilt, sweet chestnut blight and horse chestnut canker have infested Europe’s forests.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 296. From the entry sudden oak death
• Furthermore, induction of four enzymes in the phenylpropanoid pathway is important for resistance to ascochyta blight disease in the chickpea.2016 February 6, “Transcriptome Analysis of an Anthracnose-Resistant Tea Plant Cultivar Reveals Genes Associated with Resistance to…. From the entry ascochyta
• Blight had the opposite of a reality distortion field.2007, Cory Doctorow, Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present, Thunder's Mouth Press, →ISBN. From the entry reality distortion field
• He, watchman of gardens, keeps evil away with his mentula up, warding off blight and thieves, garlanded with figs and grapes.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!. From the entry mentula
• But one that's crunched in tight Becomes a scenic blight.1972, Approach - Volume 17, Issue 7. From the entry fudd
• Kungan already has witnessed the blight of previous enemy occupations.1944 May 29, “Japanese Gain On Changsha In Hunan Drive”, in J. A. H. Hopkins, editor, New York Herald Tribune (Diary of World Events)…. From the entry Kungan
• They say they used to give pauper children soup to change to protestants in the time of the potato blight.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 8]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry potato blight
• The wind blew and blew until six p.m. and people with sandy blight in their eyes jumped with relief, as soon as the wind stopped.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 131. From the entry sandy blight
• All inventions, once achieved, are obvious after one understands the field, and such "afterseen" obviousness does not blight patentability if inventor really has something new.2001, United States, West Publishing Company, Edward Thompson Company, United States code annotated. From the entry afterseen
• Despite their criticism I can't help feeling very pleased with this device for using planning permissions not to blight but to unblight areas.1976, Richard Howard Stafford Crossman, The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister: 1964-1966, page 404. From the entry unblight
• It dug itself in everywhere, spread rapidly, sucked the life out of the soil, killed off native species, and was altogether a blight upon the land.2023, Zadie Smith, The Fraud, Hamish Hamilton, page 299. From the entry Bahama grass
• With referee Mark Clattenburg at the centre of a new racism row, is football once more succumbing to a blight many thought had been kicked into touch?2012 October 29, Barney Ronay, “Is the Premier League becoming racist again?”, in The Guardian. From the entry kick into touch
• It was earlier believed that kabulis lack resistant genes to ascochyta blight but screening a large collection revealed many lines having a high level of resistance.1984, M.C. Saxena, editor, Ascochyta Blight and Winter Sowing of Chickpeas. From the entry kabuli
• Only a few years ago the disease known under the various names “pear blight,” “apple blight,” “twig blight,” “fire blight” and “blight” was almost unknown in this State.1911, Deane Bret Swingle, Pear and Apple Blight in Montana, page 1. From the entry apple blight
• In fact, despite their New York names, most of the new bagelries, with their crisp, clean lines and blight graphics, look more like California coffee bars than Big Apple delis.1995 November 13, Sandra Dallas, “Gimme a Bagel—with Legs”, in BusinessWeek, page 84. From the entry bagelry

Meaning of blight

1. noun 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.
2. noun 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.
3. noun A state of cloudy, humid weather.

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Questions about blight in a sentence

How do you use blight in a sentence?

Blight is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Those obscene tattoos are going to blight your job prospects.”

What is a short sentence with blight?

“This vine never blights.”

What does blight mean?

Blight means 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.