bane

[ US /ˈbeɪn/ ]
[ UK /bˈe‍ɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. something causing misery or death
    the bane of my life
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How To Use bane In A Sentence

  • Last night, a steady stream of people arrived at the evacuation centre in Brisbane's showground, only a few minutes' drive from the swollen river. Brisbane residents flee homes as floodwaters rise
  • As many as 30 different species grow, among them Alpine bartsia Bartsia alpina, Alpine bistort Polygonum viviparum, Unalaska fleabane Erigeron humilis and thick-leaved whitlow grass Draba crassifolia. Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland
  • So he entered and going up to the candles which burnt in the tent snuffed them and sprinkled levigated henbane on the wicks; after which he withdrew and waited without the marquee, till the smoke of the burning henbane reached The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • The 100-acre wind farm near Strabane is currently capable of producing 6.6 kilo watts of power per hour.
  • He appears, at first sight, to be very like his urbane television character, the radio psychiatrist Dr Frasier Crane.
  • Another quiet refuge Mt . Coot - tha, about 8 km from Brisbane.
  • Queensland Orienteering Association development officer Liz Bourne says that probably more than any other sport orienteering has suffered from the loss of bushland, particularly around Brisbane.
  • The publication, whose Arabic name loosely translates as "Concerning," was launched as a quarterly magazine in early 2008 by members of the Lebanese lesbian group Meem and was billed as the Arab world's first publication for lesbian and bisexual women. The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب
  • The President rejected the mercy petition after consulting legal experts, including Attorney General Milon Banerji.
  • Sternbane was the only member of the public who spoke on the proposal, but supervisors sympathized with nonsmokers, who sometimes have to share the confined spaces with people who pass the time by smoking. Fairfax County bans smoking in bus shelters
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