Example Sentences

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When approached, he showed that he had about half a dozen paragraphs done and was cursing his fate as a newspaper deadline writer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

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

Slicker - Ipswich Town's back-up who has yet to play a league game - will be cursing his sloppy kick-out seconds after coming on that led to the opener.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

Rodrigo Duterte, who would assume the presidency the year after the papal visit, would make headlines after cursing the Pope for the traffic chaos he caused.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

My father agreed, but with a gentle laugh, reminded her that cursing at a young boy wasn’t the most effective way of making a point.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore