How to use "bane" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "bane" in popular movie and book plots

  • The bane of their life is Sergeant-Major Bradley, a decorated veteran of World War II who is obsessive about doing things by the book.  - Queen and Country (film)
  • (Sphinx & Minx) The bane of mrs Bag Bag’s existence, Elma the Electrifying Elver, lives here too.  - Stinkfoot, a Comic Opera
  • High-spirited young Ossi Oswalda is the bane of her uncle and governess' existence.  - I Don't Want to Be a Man
  • The friendship between the two is extremely strong and is the bane of Bishan's uncle who has his eyes on his widowed sister's wealth.  - Yaarana (1981 film)
  • according to the National Wetlands Research Center) was both a boon and a bane to the city.  - Hurricane on the Bayou
  • But the bane of Tranicos is quite ready to take new victims, and Conan must outmaneuver all of them if he is to claim the riches.  - The Treasure of Tranicos (collection)
  • Henry (Robert Stanton) and Alice (Lea Thompson), and is the bane of next door neighbor, George Wilson (Walter Matthau).  - Dennis the Menace (film)
  • And the bane of his life is a pair of slimy pimps, who flout the law and enjoy humiliating him.  - Coup de Torchon
  • The bane of Bart's existence are the hated piano lessons he endures under the tutelage of the autocratic dr Terwilliker (Hans Conried).  - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
  • Once the most powerful wizard in the world, immortal, beloved of the goddess of magic, and the bane of villainy, he is now a tired old man.  - The Elminster Series
  • Joseph hears about the "dry years", a lengthy drought that seems to be periodic, and is the bane of all the farmers in the area.  - To a God Unknown
  • Meanwhile, Meeko meets Percy, Ratcliffe's dog, and becomes the bane of his existence.  - Pocahontas (1995 film)

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