1 In Mr. Dimmesdale's secret closet, under lock and key, there was a bloody scourge.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART 2 No eye could see him, save that ever-wakeful one which had seen him in his closet, wielding the bloody scourge.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL 3 Inquiry was made into the origin of the scourge, and by degrees various facts came out which excited public indignation in a high degree.
4 The scourge of war had been followed by the worse scourge of Reconstruction, but the two men had agreed not to mention the more alarming details when they discussed the situation at home.
5 "It's all God's scourge," said Dron.
6 His scourge, full of lightnings, was a harsh speaker of truths.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT 7 Straightway avenging Tisiphone, girt with her scourge, tramples down the shivering sinners, menaces them with the grim snakes in her left hand, and summons forth her sisters in merciless train.
8 He had given Demby but few stripes, when, to get rid of the scourging, he ran and plunged himself into a creek, and stood there at the depth of his shoulders, refusing to come out.