- present participle of curse.
cursing
Example Sentences
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Some players are thriving on the livelier surfaces - but others are cursing them.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Contreras followed doctor’s orders to stay calm when the Dodgers were losing instead of cursing like the past and quietly applaud when the team was winning when he would’ve previously roared.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
Why can baseball and basketball players do their jobs with 60,000 hostile fans cursing at full volume but golfers and tennis players need complete silence to do theirs?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
Slicker - Ipswich Town's back-up who has yet to play a league game - will be cursing his sloppy kick-out seconds after coming on that led to the opener.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
Later, Myrtilus was killed by Pelops, cursing him as he died, and some said that this was the cause of the misfortunes that afterward followed the family.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
