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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Tuesday seemed one of our more humid days, and the twin banes of heat and humidity joined to provide the triple-digit experience.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021
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
Whether by the banes of the sea, banes of the farm, or banes of the woods.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
