the curse

noun

old-fashioned + informal

: the process of menstruation

Examples of the curse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kylie grieves over her comatose boyfriend, setting her on a journey to the English countryside in order to end the curse, and Antonia watches over Kylie’s beau in the hospital. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Over in Massachusetts, Frances learns that only an Owens woman’s self-sacrifice can liberate all Owens women from the curse of lovelessness. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

But when King‘s Kylie decides to take matters into her own hands to rid the curse for good, she is confronted with danger, leaving Sally to rely on her magic to save her. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

After all those years, the curse had finally been broken, and a franchise once defined by failure suddenly became one of baseball’s great modern success stories. — Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the curse

• adverse
• averse
• coerce
• disburse
• disperse
• diverse
• immerse
• inverse
• obverse
• perverse
• rehearse
• reverse