Thesaurus / imprecation
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But that he was helpless, befooled, he recognized; and with a final muttered imprecation he turned and slowly descended the stair.
DOPESAX ROHMERImprecation is seldom absent from these incursions, being, in fact, urgently needed to do duty for closer argumentation.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMANHe blessed his reverence's four bones, his favorite imprecation of the benevolent kind.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READEWith a muttered imprecation, Hawley snatched at the letter, but Matt stepped back quickly and thrust the missive behind him.
MOTOR MATT'S DARING, OR, TRUE TO HIS FRIENDSSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSIt proved to be the party, for they heard a low growling imprecation from Green as he stumbled over some object.
THE RANGER BOYS AND THE BORDER SMUGGLERSCLAUDE A. LABELLEIt must have been an efficacious imprecation as the country roundabout looks like a desert waste.
ITALIAN HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARFRANCIS MILTOUNOperatic handcuffs—a most humane contrivance—with long links, to permit of the freest facilities for entreaty and imprecation.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 103, OCTOBER 29, 1892VARIOUSIf they have sworn to a falsehood, and if the imprecation falls on their heads, they perish, and the matter ends.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWSTHOMAS CHARLES EDWARDSThe only sound was a muttered imprecation from the landlady as she stumbled into something in her search for the light.
THIRTYHOWARD VINCENT O'BRIENBut they went below,—mumbling many an imprecation upon the head of the crafty Robert Surcouf.
FAMOUS PRIVATEERSMEN AND ADVENTURERS OF THE SEACHARLES H. L. JOHNSTONWORDS RELATED TO IMPRECATION
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