Noun : a plague of war and desolation. ,Uninvited guests are a plague.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : The question of his future plagues him with doubt. ,Ants plagued the picnickers. ,those whom the gods had plagued. ,diseases that still plague the natives of Ethiopia. ,He was plagued by allergies all his life.    From Dictionary.com. 

Most people, for a variety of reasons, hide their vulnerabilities, and thus remain plagued by them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Hendrie Weisinger: The Instinctual Manager] Reference

DRC find a solution to the political challenges that had "plagued" that country.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

I don't think Toyota is according to AB "plagued" in anyway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Autoblog] Reference

The Tigers were still "plagued" with turnovers, Dunaway said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference

And, if that's a "plagued" launch, thank you sir, we'll have another.    From Wordnik.com.  [MacDailyNews] Reference

Afterward, Gazzaniga discussed how Paul Kovacich's actions "plagued" the community and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Auburn Journal - Top Stories] Reference

He had no doubts about the justice of his cause, such as plagued some of the British generals.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the United States] Reference

But Perot is plagued by more than the debate debacle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stewing On The Sidelines] Reference

Violent crime has always plagued black South Africans.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Color Of Fear] Reference

In the past, CNN was plagued by a bumbling media image.    From Wordnik.com.  [IN JACKO'S WAKE] Reference

Crowds, pollution and potholes have long plagued the city.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beast Ban] Reference

Humans are not the only creatures plagued by breast cancer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cancer Contagion] Reference

She also will inherit a country plagued by regional conflicts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Premature Jubilation] Reference

Judicial Watch plagued the Clinton administration with more than 100 suits.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sticky Business] Reference

Brooke, plagued by financial problems and a messy divorce, was an easy mark.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 'Uncandidate': How Pure Is Paul?] Reference

No sector is more plagued by nonpayments than the big electric power companies.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Black Hole] Reference

Because of their lighter skeletons, women are particularly plagued by stress fractures.    From Wordnik.com.  [At War Over Women] Reference

People, plagued by mosquitoes from a stagnant canal, need nets treated with insecticide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Help From People Of Faith] Reference

At that time, few people had even heard of anorexia nervosa, the disorder that plagued me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consumed by Guilt, I Just Stopped Eating] Reference

I'm chilled by the image the new Bond caricature is presenting to today's violence-plagued youth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

Armstrong inherits a famous company that touches millions of customers but is plagued by problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [At&Amp;T's Golden Boy] Reference

Over the years, the new courts functioned poorly, with long delays, and were plagued by corruption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learning to Live With Radical Islam] Reference

Companies have yet to reform, banks are plagued by problems, growth is slowing and inflation is rising.    From Wordnik.com.  [Premature Jubilation] Reference

The huge agency, with more than 200,000 employees, continues to be plagued by inefficiency and corruption.    From Wordnik.com.  [PTSD: New War on An Old Foe] Reference

The IPO, run by an unconventional auction process and plagued by embarrassments, was somewhat of an ordeal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Living by Google Rules] Reference

But that may not be enough for his own people, stuck in grinding poverty and plagued by systemic corruption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollow Victory] Reference

In recent days, the Karzai administration has been plagued with problems similar to today's events in Jalalabad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afghan Minister Escapes Assassination Bid] Reference

What we found was a mostly wrecked place, where even the closest relationships are plagued by fear, suspicion and shame.    From Wordnik.com.  [A War's Hidden Tragedy] Reference

A HISTORY OF ANGER AND VIOLENCEThe state of Chiapas has been plagued by years of simmering dissatisfaction and open revolt.    From Wordnik.com.  [After The Massacre] Reference

Following the letter rather than the spirit of the law is a problem that some people think has plagued the ADA from the start.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blind Spot] Reference

The fate of the cosmos has plagued scientists ever since Edwin Hubble discovered, in the 1920s, that the universe is expanding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncovering Secrets, Big And Small] Reference

There are several very real curses that have plagued the Red Sox through its history and kept them from baseball's promised land.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perfecto] Reference

But she couldn't ignore the bloated feeling in her stomach and the low-grade fever that plagued her in the fall and winter of 1993.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting Back--With Style] Reference

Unlike their elders, the children of the German postwar economic miracle, they have grown up with an economy plagued by high unemployment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Berlin's Fresh Faces] Reference