There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism. From LearnThat.org. [George Eliot (1819-1880), English novelist, pen name of Mary Ann Evans, from Middlemarch, bk. 2, ch. 21 (1871-72)]
“You don’t have to answer, but you might want to churn over if the word blight means anything to you all.”. From Wordnik.com. [Strangers at the Feast] Reference
Your declaratory statement "Strip joints are a sign of urban blight" is analogous to x+y = 3. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Why Is Seattle Such a Wuss About Strip Clubs?] Reference
The name "late blight" is appropriate since the fungus strikes late in the growing season, close to harvest time. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Know? A fungus from Mexico and the Irish potato famine] Reference
Troubled by the president's dictatorial whims and widespread corruption, Western investors are pulling back, threatening a long-term blight of the Kenyan economy. From Wordnik.com. [Taking A Hard Line Against Democracy] Reference
Do we need awards for brand-name blight in fiction?. From Wordnik.com. [Do We Need Awards for Brand-Name Blight in Fiction? « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
At the present time there are in what is known as the blight area of. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
As you know the blight has been a very serious factor in this industry. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
Their world has random outbreak of malice what the farmers call blight bogle. From Wordnik.com. [The Sharing Knife, Volume one, Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold] Reference
Instead, like any good conqueror, they utilized this opportunity to the full-for, in English eyes, the blight was a blessing. From Wordnik.com. [Dissident Voice] Reference
I still feel angry when I recall the blight of liberal theology on the lives of some undergraduates that I knew from those days. From Wordnik.com. [Against Heresies] Reference
I took him out on my farm in Maryland and showed him my trees, and that the only thing that could destroy the trees faster than the blight is a forest fire. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference
She added: "These women - referred to by a recent Home Secretary as a" blight "- are criminalised under the Street Offences Act of 1959. From Wordnik.com. [feminist blogs] Reference
Late blight is appropriately named. From Wordnik.com. [Jean's Knitting] Reference
I think blight is getting worse, year by year. From Wordnik.com. [Jean's Knitting] Reference
Both properties were determined to be "blight" by the government. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Why Is Seattle Such a Wuss About Strip Clubs?] Reference
Would you prefer the 'blight' of another person living on welfare?. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Why Is Seattle Such a Wuss About Strip Clubs?] Reference
Where others see "blight," Boggs sees "place and space to begin anew.". From Wordnik.com. [Scott Kurashige: Let's Invest in the Real Detroit] Reference
As I have mentioned before, the definition of "blight" needs to be changed. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Absence of Justice] Reference
Her house and the others on her street were determined to be "blight" as well. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Why Is Seattle Such a Wuss About Strip Clubs?] Reference
I think the lighter palatte combined with the 'blight' theme is really an effective contrast. From Wordnik.com. [Wagons and forgot a demo] Reference
Huck, when you assert that strip clubs are a "blight," you have to define what a "blight" means. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Why Is Seattle Such a Wuss About Strip Clubs?] Reference
Yet some states 'laws remain inexplicit concerning the term "blight" and it thus serves as a loophole. From Wordnik.com. [Case of Eminent Domain Resonates Year After Supreme Decision] Reference
Other reforms are more modest, changing the definition of "blight" or throwing up other obstacles to overeager planners. From Wordnik.com. [Eminent Reality] Reference
I wasn't calling for anything to be declared blighted, just trying to give an example of what standards for "blight" might be. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Why Is Seattle Such a Wuss About Strip Clubs?] Reference
The word "blight" could be defined as anything different than what a politically-connected developer wants to build in the targeted area. From Wordnik.com. [BatesLine: February 2006 Archives] Reference
I suppose "blight" might be in the eye of the beholder. From Wordnik.com. [Gazette.com :] Reference
False accusations are a 'blight' on teaching says, NAS / UWT. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
A mildew blast is one giving rise to that kind of blight called mildew. From Wordnik.com. [Milton's Comus] Reference
"They are doing work with sheath blight which is a similar disease to sheath spot,". From Wordnik.com. [Western Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference
All persons who could scribble two lines were sure to make them into rhymes of 'blight' and 'night.'. From Wordnik.com. [Pelham — Complete] Reference
But a number of other, seemingly minor, things can cause a property to be declared "blight" under existing law. From Wordnik.com. [No Land Grab] Reference
WHY are slow over rates such a "blight" ( "A victory deserved, but its manner left a lot to be desired", November 11)?. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
I suppose in this case, it would be a kind of blight tourism-which many Americans do in other countries (like slum tourism in Rio). From Wordnik.com. [World Hum] Reference
Let's carefully note the "blight" she refers to is caused by "university-owned lots and storefronts that have sat vacant for years.". From Wordnik.com. [Massachusetts Liberal] Reference
They have been replaced by vast swaths of state-sanctioned urban wasteland (see photo) that is clearly "blight" by anyone's definition. From Wordnik.com. [No Land Grab] Reference
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