curse
Example Sentences
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The ship is now cursed: The 200 crewmen die, but the mariner lives to tell the tale, and nothing but the tale.
Well you're not cursed and you don't need particularly green fingers for your to foliage to thrive, you just need to know where you might be going wrong, experts say.
From BBC
She has previously spoken about having depression and has described it as the "curse of the strong" after revealing she underwent electroconvulsive therapy to treat her own symptoms.
From BBC
“I can’t take it anymore! I am guilty! Guilty! I’m haunted each and every night by you! This money is cursed!”
From Literature
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“It’s like a cursed artifact that gives you great power to keep up with what’s going on, but at the cost of subtly corrupting your soul,” said the 38-year-old Providence College economics professor.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.