malison

Example Sentences

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There seemed a fell malison on this spot which the Mason-Blodgett troupe had found.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of these are dying words like bide, dight, blithe, malison, vengeance, and since these are still spoken in other classes, it might be less difficult to restore them to educated speech.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 03 (1920) A Few Practical Suggestions by Society for Pure English

The senses feel life's snow, But not less hot the tides of passion flow: Such is our earthly nature's malison!

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

When the sentence was pronounced, the session of the court was adjourned, and the bishops, as they were guarded back to the castle, heard many a malison from the multitude who were ravenous against them.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John

I have no sorcerer's malison on me, No ghostly hauntings like his Highness.

From The Princess by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron