- present participle of curse.
cursing
Example Sentences
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He was also dialing Gulf power brokers over Houthi attacks on ships bound for the Suez Canal and cursing at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
When approached, he showed that he had about half a dozen paragraphs done and was cursing his fate as a newspaper deadline writer.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025
Rodrigo Duterte, who would assume the presidency the year after the papal visit, would make headlines after cursing the Pope for the traffic chaos he caused.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
Given his fluctuating year and the lives gifted to Brook, Pope must have been cursing his luck that he was the victim of Phillips' gravity-defying brilliance.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
They stumbled over the frozen ground, Hunt wincing from gout, cursing, disbelieving; Olmsted, his teeth inflamed, his night an ordeal of wakefulness, limping from his long-ago carriage accident.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
