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Examples of imprecation in a Sentence
He muttered imprecations under his breath.
the defiant prisoner continued to hurl imprecations and insults at the guards
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The cabdriver—a scrawny older man—drives rapidly and erratically, cutting off other vehicles, muttering imprecations in an unfamiliar language under his breath, swerving in and out of lanes, blowing his horn to force laggard drivers to let him by.
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Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
Dimly lit, the dancers enact a ritual, flailing their arms in imprecation, grabbing an outstretched flexed foot, bowing in subjugation but also drawing strength from the ground, from their roots.
—Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
That at times gives them the distasteful task of wrestling with demonstrators clad in prayer shawls, or facing down children who shout imprecations at them.
—Noga Tarnopolsky, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2020
The ninth Earl Spencer, Diana's brother Charles, in his eulogy hurling imprecations at the media and some seething smacks at the royal family — even as his godmother the queen listened from a few feet away?
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2017
Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024
Dimly lit, the dancers enact a ritual, flailing their arms in imprecation, grabbing an outstretched flexed foot, bowing in subjugation but also drawing strength from the ground, from their roots.
—Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2022
That at times gives them the distasteful task of wrestling with demonstrators clad in prayer shawls, or facing down children who shout imprecations at them.
—Noga Tarnopolsky, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2020
The ninth Earl Spencer, Diana's brother Charles, in his eulogy hurling imprecations at the media and some seething smacks at the royal family — even as his godmother the queen listened from a few feet away?
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2017
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“Imprecation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imprecation. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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imprecation
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im·pre·ca·tion
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