be damned

idiom

used to say in a forceful way that one does not care about something
I'm going to do it, the consequences be damned.

Examples of be damned in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Funny is in the ear of the listener, but perhaps the proof is in the empire, cornerstone be damned. Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024 Sort of like the way Madlib can create alternate histories out of samples, Four Tet’s latest is proof that he’s got a detailed enough touch to breath new life into previously trodden terrain, algorithms be damned. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2024 Barring something incomprehensible happening, Trump is going to win the Republican nomination, indictments and impeachments and threats against democracy be damned. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024 For one, interest rates be damned, being a solo manager has always had challenges. Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024 But here murder is motivated not by Satan, but by a loophole in ecclesiastical doctrine, which states that a murderer might attain forgiveness and die in God’s grace, where a suicide cannot, and must be damned. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024 Kids teeth be damned Those arguments appeared to carry little weight with committee members who nearly unanimously approved the bill on a 16-1 vote. Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024 Whether the goal is subjugation, as with American Blacks, or annihilation, as in the Holocaust, Wilkerson says, humans require architectures of superiority and inferiority, color be damned. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023 The formula contains Pro-Vitamin B5 to hydrate and condition, while keeping lashes plump all day, humidity be damned. Erin Michelle Newberg, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024

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“Be damned.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20damned. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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