cursing
Example Sentences
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We have already witnessed an ice dance judging scandal and a curling kerfuffle featuring a cursing Canadian.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
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
Instead of cursing and screaming every time his adrenaline surged, the now sixth-year big-leaguer kept a cooler head.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 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
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
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