bane
noun
a person or thing that ruins or spoils.
banes
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pluralof bane.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Summertime in Washington means not only heat and humidity, but includes the seemingly ever present possibility that those two seasonal banes can combine in creating thunder, lightning and a rapid rise in creeks.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
Though she clearly champions her subjects, Brewer doesn’t pull any punches about why the festival fell apart after seven years, thanks to those classic banes of arts nonprofits, volunteer burnout and the failure to professionalize.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2020
But we know that paperwork was one of the banes of the housing crisis.
From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2016
One of the banes of commercial existence has been that Internet domain names can be registered by anyone, in a flash.
From Forbes ● Jan. 23, 2015
“She’s managed to do just as much as us against the banes of Asamando, even with no powers or abilities.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
