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

Taking a reproach where none was meant, he sprang up with a self-aimed malison upon his lack of care for me, stirred the fire alive and brewed me a most delicious-smelling cup of broth.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

And when his mother put it to him to take the half cake with her blessing, he took it instead of having the whole with her malison.

From English Fairy Tales by Rackham, Arthur

He cursed the serpent, cursed the woman, cursed the man, and even cursed the ground beneath their feet Everything about at the time came in for a share of the malison.

From Bible Romances First Series by Foote, G. W. (George William)

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