ANATHEMA in a Sentence

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To the Ayatolla, America and the West were anathema; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words.

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 Meanings and Examples of ANATHEMA
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
anathema
 n.  solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse
Classic Sentence:
1  Though it was now dark, I knew he was awake; because I heard him fulminating strange anathemas at finding himself lying in a pool of water.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence:
1  To the Ayatolla, America and the West were anathema; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words.
2  Only by silencing his critics can he hope to introduce the tax hikes, labour reforms and privatisations which were ordered by the Troika but are anathema to most of his party.
3  Credit controls are anathema to the government.