A Bridge Paved in Colour
Grown-ups, in any case, can manipulate automobiles and run businesses and cure cancer, the bane of so many of my previous lives, whereas children (by and large) cannot.
Agendas
They were an aggressive species: the bane of the sector, predatory and piratical. the odds they wanted peace seemed, at best, extremely remote. time and again, though, jack returned to the objection he'd given hazelton.
What I've Become, New Genesis
There was only one chemical that throughout time, all dragons had learned to fear: dragon's bane. arohk had taught it to me briefly. it was a poison created to cause a dragon to die a slow and agonizing death.
7) The Dragonborn
I drew out both my orcish sword and my nettle bane, clutching both in my hands as i waited for one of the bandits to emerge from the tunnel... but after a few tense minutes, nothing happened, and i exhaled sharply.
War of the Third Demon Part 1: Scars, Rubble and Diamond (preview)
_"_you'll spend time with _her_ when you get _us_ more ivy bane, you ragged-feathered **_beast_**!" the father wind dragon growled spitefully.
Road of Understanding
That girl has been the bane of my existence since the first time i met her. the thought of her wouldn't leave my mind, to help calm myself i lifted my hand out of the water i turned my palm upward. i began to concentrate on my psychic ability.
"Daggers of Darkness, Book #4: An Unexpected Discovery", Chapter-10
The bane of the milky way galaxy. their minions, the wurnak da'i, had been the first to send back reports of black, star-traveling ships, who had not only attacked them, but had also shown unusual tenacity and cleverness.
Children of the Earth and Sky 11 - The Monster Within
His arms wrapped round him, his heart beat against his with a force repelling the bane of his mind, the monsters he always carried and always resurfaced in his times of fear and doubt. fayne started weeping. it hurt.
Kaiju ga Gotoku 4.4 - Black Wings
"yeah an' it's shits like you that're the bane of my existence," said varan shaking his fist, "wastin' good money harassing folks with yer hugh jass an' whutnot."
Old Souls: Ch 1, A Thief and a Knight
Of course, there were those who tried to switch the genders around to keep their ideals of 'gays are the bane to society' nice and safe, but that was just a lie. _"i know kairyu would never even fathom such a lie.
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Furs
Do you think you suffer well enough when satan is your bane? why do we give freely whatever isn't ours? burglars, thieves and hoodlums that want to steal our cars. who gave permission for this anyway? last time i checked, it wasn't okay!
Evokation / Book IV: The Hanged Man / Part 7
"the emotional depth of demons is both our grace and our bane... it gives us a great depth for empathy, but it also means that it gives us a great greed for pleasure and happiness."