1
: bringing damnation
a damning sin
2
: causing or leading to condemnation or ruin
presented some damning testimony
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Examples of damning in a Sentence
a damning flaw in the program cost the company millions of dollars
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Police discovered a storage unit in Seattle that belonged to Alcala, filled with damning evidence and trophies of his kills.
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Barry Levitt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
The report is the latest damning review of the Secret Service failures that contributed to the first assassination attempt against Trump, including an internal review in which the agency acknowledged communication and equipment breakdowns.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Tim Walz [archival audio]: That is a damning non-answer.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
Prince Andrew’s links to Epstein and a damning photo of him with Epstein and then 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre (who brought a lawsuit against Prince Andrew) at a party created a firestorm not only for Andrew, as screenwriter Jeremy Brock’s air-tight script reveals, but for Maitlis as well.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
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Barry Levitt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
The report is the latest damning review of the Secret Service failures that contributed to the first assassination attempt against Trump, including an internal review in which the agency acknowledged communication and equipment breakdowns.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Tim Walz [archival audio]: That is a damning non-answer.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
Prince Andrew’s links to Epstein and a damning photo of him with Epstein and then 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre (who brought a lawsuit against Prince Andrew) at a party created a firestorm not only for Andrew, as screenwriter Jeremy Brock’s air-tight script reveals, but for Maitlis as well.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Damning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damning. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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