CURSE in a Sentence
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164 example sentences for CURSE, such as:
1. A light purse is a heavy curse.
2. Maybe there is a curse on my family.
3. Noise is a curse of modern city life.
4. The evil witch in this story is cursed by.
5. Bulman was cursed with a poor memory for names.
2. Maybe there is a curse on my family.
3. Noise is a curse of modern city life.
4. The evil witch in this story is cursed by.
5. Bulman was cursed with a poor memory for names.
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Meanings and Examples of CURSE
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curse
v. heap obscenities upon
v. utter obscenities or profanities
Classic Sentence: (151 in 11 pages)
1 It was the curse of mankind that these incongruous fagots were thus bound together that in the agonised womb of consciousness, these polar twins should be continuously struggling.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
2 The rain fell, and the Smoke-serpents, submissive to the curse of all that tribe, trailed themselves upon the earth.
3 She locked the door behind her, and Rebecca might hear her curse every step for its steepness, as slowly and with difficulty she descended the turret-stair.
4 Whatever was the cause, the effect was a kick and a curse, bestowed upon the dog simultaneously.
5 Those who were at too great a distance to know its meaning, took up the sound; it echoed and re-echoed; it seemed as though the whole city had poured its population out to curse him.
6 Tis against my conscience to curse and swear in company, and I hope any woman here will overlook it.
7 However, the curse of inflammability is upon me, and I must live under it, and take any snub from a woman.
8 During that time I have lived happily at Horsham, and I had begun to hope that this curse had passed away from the family, and that it had ended with the last generation.
9 He was deeply impressed with the curse which hung over the family, and when this tragedy came I naturally felt that there must be some grounds for the fears which he had expressed.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
10 At the same moment the convict screamed out a curse at us and hurled a rock which splintered up against the boulder which had sheltered us.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
Context Highlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
11 With a bitter curse I shook my fist at it as I gazed.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
12 Holmes tore it open, and then with a bitter curse hurled it into the grate.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
Context Highlight In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
13 It was bad luck to wish that someone were dead, almost as bad luck as to curse someone.
14 If he were dead, she would curse God and die too.
15 Frequently when Scarlett sat in her buggy talking to them and making her dimples play, her dislike for them rose so strong that it was hard not to curse them to their faces.
Example Sentence:
1 Of earthly goods the best is a good wifeA bad the bitterest curse of human life.
2 Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
3 It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
4 Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
5 A light purse is a heavy curse.
6 Maybe there is a curse on my family.
7 Noise is a curse of modern city life.
8 The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip used to curse his passenger.
9 I mope for a while, during which I may curse some more because a good curse needs mileage to really sharpen its impact.
10 Bulman was cursed with a poor memory for names.
11 The evil witch in this story is cursed by.
12 Jason will once again haunt the cursed campgrounds of Crystal Lake, but this time, hockey-masked Jason is the real killer.
13 To the Ayatolla, America and the West were anathema; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words.