Examples of 'was rife' in a sentence

Meaning of "was rife"

was rife - Indicates that something, usually something undesirable or negative, was widespread or prevalent in a particular situation or context.

How to use "was rife" in a sentence

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was rife
Cannabis use was rife among young people.
It was charged that corruption was rife.
Social media was rife with demands of JusticeforJisha.
Defeatism among the regents was rife.
Torture was rife and prison conditions were atrocious.
Belief in the supernatural was rife throughout the empire.
He was rife with a history of mental illness.
The second period was rife with penalties.
Was rife with factional disputes and power struggles.
The past year was rife with change.
It was rife with hunger and disease.
Apparently the issue was rife with comma errors.
It was rife with patronage and nepotism.
Living in a time where money was rife.
The city was rife with unrest.

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This was where the elitism was rife.
The election was rife with controversy.
The prisoners suffered malnutrition and disease was rife.
Place was rife with wood pigeons.
Of the famous troubles that was rife at that time.
The report was rife with loaded and misleading terminology.
Because the legal system was rife with corruption.
It was rife with historical inaccuracies.
Misinformation about this disease was rife.
Discontent was rife among urban workers.
Conditions of hygiene and food were so bad that disease was rife.
Unemployment was rife here as everywhere else.
Organizing the church was not easy and dissension was rife.
The air was rife with power.
The threat of mutiny was rife.
You realize that scene was rife with scientific inaccuracy.
Few houses had running water and disease was rife.
It was no wonder that disease was rife during the centuries.
His paper was rife with errors and incomplete work.
Anthropological research in the nineteenth century was rife with controversies.
Unemployment was rife and the cost of food had escalated.
To his class was rife.
That was rife at that time.
Social injustice was rife.
It was rife in our lives.
And soon this backslidden church was rife with unspeakable corruption.
Malnutrition was rife and brought with it scourges of tuberculosis and dysentery.
Political patronage was rife.
Insubordination was rife among prisoners.
Jesus lived in a time when discrimination and class hatred was rife.
The theater was rife with energy throughout the performances.
Here prosperity was rife.
This method was rife with human error and lost time.
New lenders had entered the market and competition was rife.
It was rife with truth.

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