How to Use the curse in a Sentence

the curse

noun

• Chris Pratt fires off the curse during a comedic car scene.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 28 Apr. 2023
• But the curse of the castle continues to prey on his mind.
  — EW.com, 8 July 2024
• The only way to break the curse is to have the same person kiss her in her canine form.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
• What's a lovelorn witch to do but help a handsome prince break the curse plaguing his life?
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• Jet is not the only one in danger—the curse is already at work.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 10 July 2024
• Part three takes us all the way back to 1666, and reveals the origins of the curse haunting Shadyside.
  — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023
• The blessing and the curse of Australia, for us expats, is its distance.
  — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023
• That will the curse that prevents him from returning to Legoland.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
• For a long time, Xavier's fan base liked to talk about the curse of playing at Villanova.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2023
• If this is the curse the series has been building up to, why does Whitney get away scot-free?
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
• Forget the curse; that should be Torridon's new claim to fame.
  — Jessica Leon, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2023
• This is the curse of trying to go bigger and broader with Showtime.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• But even Rodgers couldn’t outrun the curse of the Jets, the team with the longest current playoff drought in American pro sports (12 years).
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• Will Christie be able to unlock all her family’s secrets and escape the curse that has doomed so many over the years?
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 29 July 2023
• This would create a moist atmosphere in place of the burning hot, dusty whirlwinds which are the curse of that region.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
• As a plot device, the curse makes plain that Asher and Whitney believe, at least a little bit, in magic.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2024
• By reshooting the final scene, Urueta believes the curse will be lifted and his luck returned.
  — Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• But gun violence is the curse America has wished upon itself, and none of us is immune to it.
  — Jeff Yang, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
• Please remember that this young woman got her start as an actress, but the curse of being just under 21 wins out even over that skill.
  — The White Album, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2023
• The only way to temporarily stave off death is to pass on the curse to someone else, who will become next on the list followed by the entity.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2023
• Vampyr focuses on a young man and occultist (Nicolas de Gunzburg) who attempts to free a French village from the curse of a bloodthirsty fiend.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2023
• Vampyr focuses on a young man and occultist (Nicolas de Gunzburg) who attempts to free a French village from the curse of a bloodthirsty fiend.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2023
• Seven years into the job, Vaccarello now has the composure of someone who’s managed to outrun the curse of taking over a brand like Saint Laurent.
  — Nick Haramis Lise Sarfati Delphine Danhier, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• Scientists warn that the curse is really a fungal concern.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 9 May 2023
• Although the trio sets out to break the curse and complete the film, their efforts soon spin into a surreal and supernatural chain of events that defy even their wildest dreams.
  — Time, 29 June 2023
• Abshir has to walk a tightrope with this intrusive, creepy guy who is nonetheless letting his family live rent-free in this house, but the curse stuff crosses a line for him.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
• The Los Angeles Times made soothing noises, counselling against the curse theory.
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• The ordinary objective of the sports movie—to win a championship—is shunted off to the side in favor of a story about the curse supposedly affixed to the family.
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
• Proponents of the curse theory pointed to centuries of death, injury, ruination, quarrels, and dreams dashed upon the rocks.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• Caution is often the curse of the ambitious in a politically lopsided state.
  — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2024

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024