bane

Example Sentences

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Besides, high cholesterol is the bane of men in my family, not cancer — so why worry?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Yes, the word “continues” is the bane of headline writers, but I see no way around it.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

Falling prices are a boon for buyers but a bane for homeowners.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

“When I’m playing, it zones out,” Anna Leigh Waters says of that unmistakable, plastic pop, pop, pop distinct to the wildly popular paddle sport—and a bane to fussy condo boards everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

She urged her horses to Olympus and asked Zeus if she might drive that bane of men, Ares, from the battlefield.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton