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Six example sentences with malediction, each labelled with its topic.
The witch in the old play leaves a malediction on the family, and their luck turns sour in every scene afterward.
Literature
Medieval scribes copied a malediction into the front of each manuscript, promising misfortune to anyone who stole the book.
History
The temple boss opens with a malediction that halves your healing for the rest of the encounter.
Gaming
The fairy's malediction at the christening sets the whole plot moving, and the princess spends the film outrunning it.
Movies
In the opera a father's malediction echoes through the score, returning as a theme whenever fortune turns against the jester.
Music
The fresco shows a prophet's malediction, his arm raised toward a city whose towers are already beginning to crumble.
Art
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