1.   A few short years ago, New York hotel operators were cursing the darkness.

2.   Certainly, if we curse the darkness, others will realize that we are faced with a problem.

3.   Help us light candles and not curse the darkness.

4.   If only it had been just a few bad swings that kept Red Sox fans cursing the darkness all spring.

5.   Is there anything to be gained by cursing the darkness?

6.   The Bruins sat in the living room with the shades drawn, the lights off, and cursed the darkness.

7.   Thrum the boughs, curse the darkness.

8.   Thus, cursing the darkness is to no avail.

9.   To curse the darkness may be a first reaction, but hopefully it will not be our last.

10.   While I had cursed the darkness, the Smith jurors carried their inconceivable burden through it.