Read full poem →We had breaking of spirit to mother
And cursing to bride;
And one was slain, and another
Dictionary Entry
To place a curse upon (a person or object).
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Common Phrases
. cursinghimself cursing
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Poetry examples for “cursing”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →They are whipping and cursing the horses. Lord!
What brutes men are when they think they're scored.
Read full poem →Fool, to stand here cursing
When I might be running!
Read full poem →What is the good of that? Will swearing, I wonder, mend matters?
Cursing and scolding repel the assailants? No, it is idle;
No, whatever befalls, I will hide, will ignore or forget it.
Read full poem →Comfort—how do you think?—with a barrel-organ to bring it.
Moping along the streets, and cursing my day as I wandered,
All of a sudden my ear met the sound of an English psalm-tune,
Read full poem →And leaves her, cursing her. If she.
Read full poem →When they sought Him to take,
And cursing, no doubt, as you smote off, as one of the least,
The ear of the priest.
Read full poem →When cursing the year I was born in,
Read full poem →Fool, to stand here cursing
When I might be running!