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noun

bane

something causing misery or death

In a sentence

Six example sentences with bane, each labelled with its topic.

  • Ivy is the bane of this garden, smothering every shrub the volunteers plant along the north wall.

    Environment

  • Lag is the bane of every ranked match, turning a clean shot into a miss the server never registers.

    Gaming

  • Humidity is the bane of meringue, and one damp afternoon can ruin a tray that took an hour to pipe.

    Cooking

  • Turnovers were the bane of the season, handing opponents twelve free possessions a night on average.

    Basketball

  • Time zones are the bane of scheduling software, and a single daylight-saving change once shifted every meeting by an hour.

    Technology

  • Dust on the sensor is the bane of landscape work, leaving gray specks across every patch of clear sky.

    Photography

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