darn well

idiom

: without doubt or question

You darn well know what happened.

Examples of darn well in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web First is to stop playing political-theater games by putting a razor fence in an area the governor knows darn well would be challenged by the Federal Government. —

Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024 The young guys have stepped up and played pretty darn well. —

Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 20 Dec. 2020 The answer: pretty darn well. —

Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023 For a group that doesn’t have a national championship — and hasn’t advanced to this game in four consecutive tries — this class played pretty darn well Friday night. —

Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2022 One of our greatest action stars, Cruise plays a reluctant hero pretty darn well. —

Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 25 Nov. 2021 The answer so far is, pretty darn well. —

BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2021 Besides, Robin, Kevin and Dominic still managed to do pretty darn well and answer some tough questions during Tuesday's show. —

Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 3 June 2021

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