curses

/ ˈkɜːsɪz /

interjection

1. facetious,  an expression of disappointment or dismay

Example Sentences

Longshoremen were supposed to help moor incoming ships—instead, they shouted curses.

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Alex spouts angry curses as Maggie laments that Paul has gone through more vehicles at the age of 19 than she has in her entire life.

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With his pants around his ankles, a tall man let out a volley of curses and jokes to lighten the mood as a doctor removed a piece of shrapnel from his bloodied buttock.

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The next morning, when the recruits are ordered to shave, one nervously eyes his razor and curses to himself.

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Two other women showed up around the same time, with wigs, and yelled curses at the ICE officials and National Guard troops on the other side of the new chain-link fence surrounding the facility.

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