Sentence examples for curse placed on from inspiring English sources

Thanks to a curse placed on her by the carousing sprite Lucinda (Ms. Fox), she must do everybody's bidding instantly, from minor chores to murder.

The video game curse placed on films like "Mortal Kombat" and "Double Dragon" has been lifted, and the industry has now stretched its tentacles into yet another part of popular culture.

But what if the person doesn't deserve to have a curse placed on them?

Curse of the Colonel refers to an urban legend regarding a reputed curse placed on the Japanese Kansai-based Hanshin Tigers baseball team by deceased KFC founder and mascot Colonel Harland Sanders.

The movie rests its royal head on the satin pillow of a fairytale premise: every sorcerer in the kingdom is charged to cure the prince's stammer, to lift the evil curse placed on him at birth.

8 The England 1986 World Cup Squad It's as if a curse was placed on the 22 players Bobby Robson took to Mexico 86 - they could fill a book on the most dreadful management records of modern times.

"Can I be the first New Zealander to complain about the 'Fiver curse' you placed on our cricket team by (correctly) predicting a six-wicket Australian win in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy?

"It's always been assumed that the curse Kenneth Anger placed on Jimmy Page didn't work," Wall writes.

The Punjab warrior king and founder of the Sikh Empire Ranjit Singh, the "Lion of Lahore," was said to have worn the Kohinoor strapped to his bicep — though this may have been unwise, given that according to legend a curse was placed on the diamond in 1306 decreeing that lethal bad luck would befall all men who wore it.

DVDTalk celebrated the introduction of Orochimaru into the series, as well as the potential plot development from the curse seal Orochimaru placed on Sasuke, noting it was one of the best parts of the series.

If I disobeyed, my host told me, a curse would be placed on him.