cursed

Example Sentences

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He's told his players not to think the world is against them – nor to believe that the they are somehow cursed by "black magic".

From BBC

In the split second after it happened, I cursed myself for believing even for one moment that I was really allowed to be happy.

From Literature

"Conversely, when brides were familiar with the story of the dress, like with a hand-me-down, they were far more positive about it and treated it more like treasure than a cursed item."

From BBC

In coarse, colloquial prose, translated by Kate Webster, these loosely united vignettes glance upon the lives of villagers who seem cursed by the land.

From The Wall Street Journal

So I stayed awake thinking about my destiny, and when I got tired of that, I cursed pixies and gnomes, but mostly pixies.

From Literature