How to Use cursed in a Sentence

cursed

adjective
  • Some people think the old house is cursed.
  • I can't get this cursed radio to work.
  • His cursed stupidity got him in trouble again.
  • Only this time, instead of a psychiatrist at a lonely psychiatric hospital, the cursed victim is the biggest pop star in the world.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The movie, like the books, is set in the cursed town of Shadyside.
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 2 July 2021
  • It was meant to follow a 'cursed bill' over the course of a day or so.
    Lauren Tom, Billboard, 23 May 2017
  • Then there's the most cursed lot of them all: the fifth Indiana Jones movie.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2020
  • He will be backed by an offense that is both hot and cursed.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
  • In ancient Greece, the House of Atreus is shrouded in tragedy—some say cursed.
    Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Best of luck to the cursed child who takes on that role in this slightly cursed franchise.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 5 July 2023
  • Goodrich’s troubles set the tone for what became a cursed draft class.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The best white elephant gifts are things that are, frankly, a little bit cursed.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2023
  • There was a third age and a modern young woman who donned the crown and became the cursed queen.
    New York Times, 10 July 2021
  • The cursed room is a smart device to get a glimpse of the Warren’s deep case history.
    Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019
  • The even handsomer son John Wilkes had star power but felt cursed with bad luck.
    Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
  • In order to beat the game, the cursed spirits must be defeated.
    Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Also, this is the point where things start getting a little cursed.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 18 May 2024
  • For fans of the team, which has long seemed cursed, hopes had perhaps never been higher.
    Christopher Maag, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The part where the kingdom wakes up from its cursed slumber and resumes life as if no time has passed at all.
    Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Come along on a 90-minute journey and step into the enchanted and cursed world of Beauty and the Beast.
    Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
  • In the comics, Dane fights alongside the Avengers, and wrestles between heroism and villainy thanks to the cursed Ebony Blade.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Thank god nice moments like this still happen on this cursed plain.
    Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Maybe this cursed project should have stayed on Perry's bookshelf.
    Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024
  • That venture, like everything else in this cursed spring of 2020, did not go well.
    Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The cursed throbbing pain led to a diagnosis that saved her life.
    Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The name of a cursed thing, a monster of cheap plastic and flimsy buttons: MadCatz.
    Wired, 28 Sep. 2019
  • But there were more twists and turns than a Grand Prix race, and there were moments when Garcia looked both cursed and defeatist.
    Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 9 Apr. 2017
  • The cursed fates dictate that someone’s gotta check you into your hotel.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 13 Apr. 2018
  • There are payoffs and compensations, even in the most cursed lives.
    Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • First ladies, by the cursed nature of the role, are supposed to humanize and soften the jagged, ugly edge of power.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2024

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