curse
noun
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
have cursed
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present perfectof curse.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Pandemics have cursed the presidencies of both Trump and Woodrow Wilson.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2020
He repeatedly apologized, saying that he shouldn’t have cursed and insulted me, and that he had failed.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2018
"Many are the ministers who have cursed the contents of that wretched blue handbag," former Education Secretary Kenneth Baker recalled in an article published after Margaret Thatcher's death in 2013.
From BBC ● May 3, 2015
Wittman joked that several players unfamiliar with Wall have cursed in awe at how fast he gets up and down the floor.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2013
She would have cursed her weakness, had she the strength.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
