How to Use the curse in a Sentence

the curse

noun
  • Agh, the curse of the good host.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Shiffrin has the blessing and the curse of two more tries.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Labor is the curse of the writing class.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Rachel carries the weight of the curse in secret.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Therein lies the blessing and the curse.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Also, only those who have made a wish can see the ghosts that drive the curse.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Could Sianis have willed the curse to his heirs?
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • 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
  • This is the year the curse of ‘Purple shirt guy’ is broken.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Having led the match tiebreak 6-3, the curse started to take hold.
    — James Hansen, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Hunt bosses with your bow and arrow, and solve puzzles to lift the curse on the land.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
  • Time kept ticking by, and the curse, for the most part, remained broken this year.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Mamdani took the curse on the chin after the team lost their 11th game in a row.
    — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • What was the blessing and the curse of having that success so early?
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
  • That will the curse that prevents him from returning to Legoland.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Forget the curse; that should be Torridon's new claim to fame.
    — Jessica Leon, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2023
  • And hey, maybe the curse isn’t real and something else is happening here.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Then, as the weight of his arm drops the coin, he is released from the curse and returns to human form.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • The other theme is about the concept of doubt, that’s what the curse represents.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 4 June 2026
  • So the curse then became a helpful narrative tool.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • This is the curse of trying to go bigger and broader with Showtime.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The mom of two's mouth then dropped as her son smiled at her, before repeating the curse word for a final time.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Whatever the case may be, the final bells are a reminder that the curse has not been lifted.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 June 2026
  • Sophie sets out to find a way of lifting the curse and goes to the wizard Howl's castle.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 10 May 2025
  • But the curse of Suburra leaves him no escape, and he will soon be forced to get his hands dirty once again.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The blessing and the curse of Australia, for us expats, is its distance.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023
  • In any case, the curse, some in the family said, had finally lifted.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026

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