Sonya Hartnett

I have spent a great deal of my time defending my work against those who see it as too complicated, too old in approach, too bleak to qualify as children's literature. This has been the bane of my life.

Australian Author

Denise Lewis

I did the long jump and hurt my foot. It was a stress fracture in the left foot, which even now, 12 years on, is the bane of my life.

British Athlete

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain.

English Poet

Franz Boas

The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.

American Scientist

Thomas Paine

Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.

English Activist

Zebulon Pike

Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good?

American Soldier

Nigel Hamilton

Bad reviews are the bane of an author's post-publication existence.

British Author

Marti Noxon

The bane of every TV writer's existence is the likability note.

American Writer

Olusegun Obasanjo

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.

Nigerian Statesman

Stephen Grellet

American Clergyman

Describes something negatively impactful; brings frustration or harm.

Negative Connotation

Brings out strong feelings; often used to express a personal burden.

Emotional Weight

Can be used hyperbolically to exaggerate minor annoyances.

Hyperbolic Expression

Used in a technical or historical context, rarely in modern speech.

Rare Technical Use

Refers to historical use when talking about poisons and toxins.

Historical Poison

Linked with plants or substances causing harm or death in botany.

Botanical Reference

 leading some to suggest the myths might have been fictional expressions of real experiences. The earliest versions of Homer's text say that Circe mixed baneful drugs into the food such that the crew might utterly forget their native land.

The science behind the...

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Bane

The cause of great distress or annoyance.