curses
Example Sentences
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Mr. James also has a challenging role as the crusty salt who curses “dat ole davil sea” almost as many times as Hickey drones on about “pipe dreams” in “The Iceman Cometh.”
“Now, the witch doesn’t take kindly to this perspective. Personally, I don’t blame her. It’s reductionist, it’s elitist, and it’s just plain icky. So the witch goes from zero to a hundred—and curses Benefo.”
From Literature
“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.”
From Literature
“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?”
From Literature
Both depict how multifaceted people within communities can be; how those individuals within those communities can experience them differently; and how each of those experiences “comes with its own set of blessings and curses.”
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
