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Meanings of
bane
in English
Portuguese
deusa da vingança
Catalan
desgràcia
Spanish
desgracia
Back to the meaning
Something causing misery or death.
curse
scourge
nemesis
Portuguese
deusa da vingança
Usage of
bane
in English
1
The nineteenth century brought us the boon and the
bane
of industrialism.
2
Now their unsold homes are the
bane
of a sickly housing market.
3
It is, in truth, the only antidote to the
bane
of whiskey.
4
LATE payment for goods and services is the
bane
of business life.
5
The Hall door had been shut against the
bane
of the night-air.
6
The
bane
of traveling drunks all across this great country of ours.
7
Beware of eloquence: it is the
bane
of popular speakers like you.
8
Red Jacket felt that intemperance had been the
bane
of his life.
9
From the origin of San Francisco the earthquake has been its
bane
.
10
You said once that your indecision was the
bane
of your life.
11
And strong winds, the
bane
of ships, are born of the night.
12
You know little Asian said it would bring
bane
to the bearer.
13
Every general knows that the 'camp-followers' are the
bane
of an army.
14
My naturally curly locks have always been the
bane
of my existence.
15
This vice, the
bane
of my new period of life, was vanity.
16
Wifi is both a great enabler and the
bane
of our lives.
Other examples for "bane"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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bane
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
become the bane
great bane
bane fine
biggest bane
deadly bane
More collocations
Translations for
bane
Portuguese
deusa da vingança
arquiinimigo
desgraça
calamidade
nêmese
Catalan
desgràcia
calamitat
adversitat
maledicció
Spanish
desgracia
maldición
Bane
through the time
Bane
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common