curse

A curse-filled half hour that saw my blood boil as my filing deadline ticked further into the past.

However, these “potty-mouthed princesses” curse like proverbial sailors to prove a point.

His memory is encyclopedic--a curse for a man who feels persecuted.

For much of our political history, the “third term” curse was non-existent.

As it is, whatever worries will keep the next Democratic nominee up at night, that “third term curse” should not be one of them.

Seen thus poverty became rather a blessing than a curse, or at least a dispensation prescribing the proper lot of man.

A child, under exactly similar circumstances as far as its knowledge goes, cannot very well curse God and die.

He was given no reply save a muttered curse, a command to hold his tongue, and an angry tug at his tied arms.

And then he walked about the room, reflecting on the curse of his life—his besetting sin—irresolution.

The Jesuit expatiated on the curse of heaven, which now manifested itself on the head of the Duke in every relation of his life.