✨📕 The NEWThe NEW Collegiate Dictionary, 12th Edition Over 5,000 words added — Buy Now! Collegiate DictionaryBuy Now!

damn near

idiom

informal + impolite
: just about : almost
He damn near killed us!

Examples of damn near in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
More than once, 2025 has struck me as a brilliant, dazzling year for movies and a terrible one for damn near everything else. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025 But Joseph Smith was looking out for my weary fingers, and the whole thing turns out damn near subdued. Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 The process damn near killed me. Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025 As opportunistic omnivores, hogs will eat damn near anything. M.d. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for damn near

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Damn near.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damn%20near. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!