curses
Britishinterjection
Example Sentences
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Netflix also said that it had decided not to move forward with two animated children's series "Dino Daycare" and "Boons and Curses."
From BBC • May 1, 2022
Curses on tablets were fairly typical practices in ancient Rome and Greece, according to historians.
From Fox News • Feb. 11, 2020
Curses, curses, curses on all who have participated in this heartless act.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2019
Curses are versatile fictions, foundational to myth and literature, to the power of speech acts and religious taboos, even to national and ethnic identity.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2019
“No Unforgivable Curses from you, Potter!” he shouted over the rushing of the flames, Hagrid’s yells, and the wild yelping of the trapped Fang.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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