curses

Autumn curses, as if that—not the possibility of being stuck in the underworld—is the worst news she’s heard all day.

“There is a fortune-teller there, an expert on curses and all things supernatural, who may be able to help us yet—but there is not much time.”

“It was only a metaphor, I am sure! But why do you ask? Surely you do not put any stock in curses and crystal balls and such, do you?”

Longshoremen were supposed to help moor incoming ships—instead, they shouted curses.

Alex spouts angry curses as Maggie laments that Paul has gone through more vehicles at the age of 19 than she has in her entire life.