cursing
Example Sentences
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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra significantly declined as more Democrats entered the contest and Porter dealt with the fallout from videos of her cursing at an aide and scolding a reporter.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
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
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
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
Her foot slipped on a slick rung, and Celaena barely stifled her cry as she gripped the bars, cursing as her knee banged into the gate.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
