How to Use be damned in a Sentence

be damned

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• Winning, then and now, is the thing — style points be damned.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2023
• Jones has to saddle up again, aching joints be damned, to take them down.
  — A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• But as the title states, these soldiers may be damned from the get-go.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
• But what teams, medal potential be damned, achieved both feats of strength and of fit?
  — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
• Mourning be damned; there are bodies to bag and papers to sign.
  — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 2025
• Swift vengeance is the order of the day, consequences be damned.
  — Eric Alterman, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2023
• But this isn’t just a case of Lush standing up for what’s right, profits be damned.
  — Kara McGrath, Allure, 10 July 2023
• No cotton this time and songbirds be damned — the king of this valley had spoken.
  — Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
• Brighton Beach can be a relentless show-off that way, your feelings be damned.
  — Rachel Sonis, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
• That would have been Durant, sixth in the league in scoring this past season, age be damned.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
• A little one who wants to play during nap time, convenience to others be damned.
  — Priscilla Posada, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
• Minibus taxis zoomed through the congestion, pedestrians be damned.
  — Lee-Ann Olwage, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
• The Oilers may finally be ready to step back into the light, curses be damned.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• And sometimes, during the heat of summer, anglers just want to get out and have some action (five pounders be damned).
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2024
• On our internet, whoever signed up the most users won, quality of life be damned.
  — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 18 Dec. 2024
• In an era when people with platforms tend to be obsessed with their own certitude, facts be damned, this is a breath of fresh air.
  — Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
• In an era when people with platforms tend to be obsessed with their own certitude, facts be damned, this is a breath of fresh air.
  — Longreads, 27 Sep. 2024
• Outcomes be damned at this point, be proud to wear the Union Blue sweater and put it to your opponent from the drop.
  — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
• 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
• Critics be damned, John Waters is not afraid to drop a cinematic hot take.
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
• Mark Kampf was determined to count the ballots by hand, lawsuit after lawsuit against him be damned.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
• That the Republican wave will sweep away all before it, rules, traditions, and norms be damned.
  — Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
• The album cover’s funky shade of green has become the unofficial hue of the year, Pantone be damned.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2024
• Damsel in distress be damned — Kim Petras is ready to liberate herself with her brand new album.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 23 June 2023
• In the final scene of the season, adult Shauna gleefully drops her mask, consequences be damned.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 27 May 2025
• And if Dončić is going to play like this — critics be damned — it’s bound to get even better in Luka Land.
  — Sam Amick, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
• Now those eight years are nearly up, and Republicans are determined to extend them at all costs, the deficit be damned.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
• What sounds a lot like an epic assertion of Bernie and Elton’s lifelong partnership, break be damned.
  — Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
• While the songs were quickly embraced and added to the Drake canon—future ghostwriting rumours be damned—the cover alone was an overnight hit.
  — Hazlitt, 6 July 2022
• Controversy be damned, the people want more of The Accountant.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 13 Feb. 2025