How do you use Curse in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like cuss or affliction, plus the exact meaning.
Curse meaning
- A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
- A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
- The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
Synonyms of Curse
Using Curse
- The main meaning on this page is: A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane. | A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone. | The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
- Useful related words include: cuss, affliction, imprecate, hex.
- In the example corpus, curse often appears in combinations such as: the curse, curse of, and curse.
Context around Curse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Curse
- In this selection, "curse" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, family, calls, cruciatus, upon, feels and cookies stand out and add context to how "curse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 25 the curse now clarifies and a family curse that has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "curse" sits close to words such as bengaluru, catastrophic and discusses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with curse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sebastian then explains that the Cruciatus Curse is known as the torture Curse, Crucio. (14 words)
He planned to send His son to reverse the curse before the curse was even imposed. (16 words)
There is the curse of sinful consequences within work, but it is not work that is the curse. (18 words)
The second part of the curse about being subordinate to Adam originates from her creation from one of Adam's ribs to be his helper (Genesis 2:18-25); the curse now clarifies that she must now obey her husband and desire only him. (44 words)
In the Mahabharata, the cumulative weight of resentments and past karma weighs down the future so much that you know any moments of respite will be more like paper boats, washed away by an over-determined past: Curse upon curse, sin upon sin. (43 words)
After the First Wizarding War, the Malfoys avoid being sent to Azkaban for their crimes committed in service of The Dark Lord, Voldemort, by falsely claiming they had been under the Imperius Curse, which takes away one's free will. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
There’s another curse, but this time around the curse is more specifically a family curse that has been haunting Alice’s family for generations, and that feels a little odd to me.
Now, the curse of sin brought frustration, sweat, thorns, briars and complexity, and consequences of the curse of sin upon work but work is not a curse.
Amid claims Ellie was 'undermarked' for her and Vito's Samba, one fan called it a curse, the Mirror reports, saying: "It's the curse of going first.
Charlie's curse feels like a stretch, but when he wants to break the curse with Cam, it seems all the more unlikely the tiger will change his stripes, so to speak.
Her popular items are cakes and cupcakes, and what she calls “curse cookies” — cookies with curse words written in icing — and macaroons.
On Whitehall, a protester was filmed bellowing in Arabic 'God's curse be upon the Jews' and 'God's curse upon Israel'.
Sebastian then explains that the Cruciatus Curse is known as the torture Curse, Crucio.
However, a researcher of the curse reaches out to help her, cryptically saying she needs to die in order for the curse to be broken.
He planned to send His son to reverse the curse before the curse was even imposed.
In the Mahabharata, the cumulative weight of resentments and past karma weighs down the future so much that you know any moments of respite will be more like paper boats, washed away by an over-determined past: Curse upon curse, sin upon sin.
There is the curse of sinful consequences within work, but it is not work that is the curse.
As Churchill notes, a traditional Irish curse was mallacht Chromail ort or "the curse of Cromwell upon you".
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.
Curse of the Mutants During the "Curse of the Mutants" storyline, an all out war of mutants against vampires, Bobby was blessed by a priest so his powers can function as holy water, a plan conceived by Cyclops.
During the 20th century, horror films and other mass media popularized the notion of a curse associated with mummies (see Curse of the pharaohs ).
He feared his father would curse him as soon as he felt him, but Rebecca offered to take the curse herself, then insisted that Jacob obey her.
The cause of the riots was based on a conflict over two performances of Macbeth, and is usually ascribed to the curse. citation Several methods exist to dispel the curse, depending on the actor.
The Curse of Monkey Island main The Curse of Monkey Island, the third in the series, was exclusively available for PC Windows in 1997 after a 6-year hiatus.
The second part of the curse about being subordinate to Adam originates from her creation from one of Adam's ribs to be his helper (Genesis 2:18-25); the curse now clarifies that she must now obey her husband and desire only him.
After the First Wizarding War, the Malfoys avoid being sent to Azkaban for their crimes committed in service of The Dark Lord, Voldemort, by falsely claiming they had been under the Imperius Curse, which takes away one's free will.
Common combinations with curse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the curse 73×
- curse of 42×
- and curse 11×
- curse is 8×
- curse and 8×
- curse on 7×
- curse the 6×
- curse words 6×
- curse for 6×
- killing curse 6×