How to Use cursed in a Sentence
cursed
adjective- Some people think the old house is cursed.
- I can't get this cursed radio to work.
- His cursed stupidity got him in trouble again.
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Maybe this cursed project should have stayed on Perry's bookshelf.
— Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024 -
The movie, like the books, is set in the cursed town of Shadyside.
— Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 2 July 2021 -
It was meant to follow a 'cursed bill' over the course of a day or so.
— Lauren Tom, Billboard, 23 May 2017 -
Then there's the most cursed lot of them all: the fifth Indiana Jones movie.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2020 -
He will be backed by an offense that is both hot and cursed.
— Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021 -
In ancient Greece, the House of Atreus is shrouded in tragedy—some say cursed.
— Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Jan. 2022 -
Best of luck to the cursed child who takes on that role in this slightly cursed franchise.
— Brendan Morrow, The Week, 5 July 2023 -
Goodrich’s troubles set the tone for what became a cursed draft class.
— Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023 -
The best white elephant gifts are things that are, frankly, a little bit cursed.
— Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2023 -
There was a third age and a modern young woman who donned the crown and became the cursed queen.
— New York Times, 10 July 2021 -
The cursed room is a smart device to get a glimpse of the Warren’s deep case history.
— Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019 -
The even handsomer son John Wilkes had star power but felt cursed with bad luck.
— Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 -
In order to beat the game, the cursed spirits must be defeated.
— Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2020 -
Also, this is the point where things start getting a little cursed.
— Wes Davis, The Verge, 18 May 2024 -
For fans of the team, which has long seemed cursed, hopes had perhaps never been higher.
— Christopher Maag, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023 -
The part where the kingdom wakes up from its cursed slumber and resumes life as if no time has passed at all.
— Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022 -
Come along on a 90-minute journey and step into the enchanted and cursed world of Beauty and the Beast.
— Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023 -
In the comics, Dane fights alongside the Avengers, and wrestles between heroism and villainy thanks to the cursed Ebony Blade.
— Adam B. Vary, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021 -
Thank god nice moments like this still happen on this cursed plain.
— Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 19 Dec. 2022 -
That venture, like everything else in this cursed spring of 2020, did not go well.
— Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2020 -
The cursed throbbing pain led to a diagnosis that saved her life.
— Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2020 -
The name of a cursed thing, a monster of cheap plastic and flimsy buttons: MadCatz.
— Wired, 28 Sep. 2019 -
But there were more twists and turns than a Grand Prix race, and there were moments when Garcia looked both cursed and defeatist.
— Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 9 Apr. 2017 -
The cursed fates dictate that someone’s gotta check you into your hotel.
— Matt Simon, WIRED, 13 Apr. 2018 -
There are payoffs and compensations, even in the most cursed lives.
— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022 -
But Mormons were also taught that Blacks were the cursed descendants of Cain.
— Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022 -
The cursed castle of Harrenhal sits at its northern tip.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
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