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

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