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How to pronounce bane in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms curse, nemesis, scourge
Type of affliction


the bane of my life.

Examples of bane

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Like in the story,immigration, customs and railways'formalities are a real bane.
From the economist.com
Accidental use of the call button has been the bane of may cabin crew for years.
From the smh.com.au
In fact, national sovereignty, according to the CFR, is the bane of world order.
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In some ways, the full-length story ballet has become the bane of the art form.
From the washingtonpost.com
This bane of early senility seems to be spreading through our little household.
From the sacbee.com
For all people in the public eye, the biggest bane of your life is the paparazzi.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Bane joked about his reflexive habit of taking right-handed high school pitchers.
From the ocregister.com
This sounds convenient, but that prep sink is the bane of my kitchen existence.
From the washingtonpost.com
I'm supposed to say that ADHD is insidious, a burden, the bane of my existence.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
More examples
  • Something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
  • Banu00E9 is a town in the Banu00E9 Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. As of 2005, the town has a population of 1,095.
  • Bane, a hardcore punk band, began as a side project between Aaron Dalbec (then of Converge) and Damon Bellardo. Aaron approached Matt Firestone to sing and they played under the moniker of Gateway for a few shows, before Firestone departed ways to focus on other projects. ...
  • Bane is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993), and was created by Chuck Dixon, Doug Moench, and Graham Nolan. ...
  • This is a list of the fictional deities in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
  • Magical creatures comprise a colourful and integral aspect of the fictional wizarding world in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. ...
  • The term bane was originally used to refer to certain types of plant. In the Middle Ages, a number of plants of the genus Aconitum were thought to have poisonous or prophylactic qualities, which would have dire consequences (Henbane) or liminal ones, like "Wolfsbane" or "Aconite. ...
  • The Bane where a huge species of aliens. They worshipped the Bane Mother who was also their Queen. They were led by Mrs Wormwood.
  • Season two of Stargate SG-1, an American-Canadian television series, began airing on June 26, 1998 on Showtime. The second season concluded after 22 episodes on February 10, 1999 on British Sky One, which overtook Showtime in mid-season. ...