- present participle of curse.
cursing
Example Sentences
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“I always tell people, it’s not the million-dollar estate that has people cursing probate. It’s the ’72 Ford Torino up on blocks in your garage,” said Keller.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Indeed, old photos show a room with seating for all, with sharply dressed riders reading newspapers and enjoying casual conversation rather than standing in a sweaty mob and cursing their travel agents.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some players are thriving on the livelier surfaces - but others are cursing them.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Why can baseball and basketball players do their jobs with 60,000 hostile fans cursing at full volume but golfers and tennis players need complete silence to do theirs?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
After the initial side effects wore off and they had stopped cursing my name, I told them what I had discovered the night before.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
