bane

IPA: bˈeɪn

Examples of "bane" in Sentences

He'd never heard anyone use the word "bane" correctly in a sentence before.
It may be inevitable (or not), but whether it’s a boon or a bane is very much a question.
Anyway, it got me thinking about my sister who I often describe as the bane of my existence.
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Laftly, he declared his hatred to the tribunes, whom he called the bane of the public happinefs « '.
Consider This: Unless people are aware of its Hawaiian origins, this name will evoke the word bane and all its negative associations.
Imitation has been called the bane of originality; suppress it as a factor, and nine-tenths of living painters, sculptors, etchers would have to shut up shop.
His bane was a morbid temperament, which he could no more help than his sallow face and weedy person; even his vanity was directly traceable to the early influence of an eccentric and feckless father with experimental ideas on the upbringing of a child.