ill wishes
Example Sentences
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My ill wishes for him then were simple, in retrospect: I wished he would be revealed in public as a charlatan, and that his fortunes would fall.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2020
The Romans and Greeks chiseled stones with curses, the Vikings had nithing poles — wooden poles carved with invective — while the Japanese inscribed ill wishes on plaques called ema.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2020
Breeland, though, has no ill wishes for media members.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2016
Undercover Boss grants all our wishes, though, especially our envy-based ill wishes.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 4, 2010
Unfortunately, all the ill wishes he could invent were not powerful enough to rid him of Gebu’s stubborn presence here in Thebes.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
