How to Use damn near in a Sentence

damn near

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• The process damn near killed me.
  — Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• Her nude glossy lips were damn near as shiny as her nose highlight.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 31 Mar. 2023
• All parts, no whole, and damn near nothing worth standing for.
  — Donika Kelly, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
• And later, when the dog say at his feet, gazing up… that damn near broke my heart.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2024
• Then LeBron gets in the photo and damn near blocks me.
  — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
• Most of the time my salon manicures look damn near perfect for around four weeks.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 19 Jan. 2023
• Two reasons—One, damn near anyone can sound good on this double reed.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
• Owning one of 11 of damn near anything is pretty cool.
  — Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
• People don’t come out of retirement for the love of the game at damn near 50.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
• Just about every surface was soft to the touch, stitched, tanned or otherwise damn near bespoke.
  — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
• The Rolling Stones are still super rich and selling out shows at damn near 80.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2022
• There damn near is, because some of the kids on TikTok ain’t going out to no clubs.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 June 2024
• 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
• Seems like damn near everybody is making a VR headset right now.
  — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2022
• Fact was, 13 was damn near grown in my world, and my parents weren’t part of most of my decision making.
  — Michaela Angela Davis, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2022
• Got damn near emotional reading it as a lifelong Chargers fan.
  — Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
• None of that happens or becomes public without it being signed, sealed and damn near delivered.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
• Even to the untrained eye the ball control, and eye-foot coordination, looked damn near perfect.
  — Tribune News Service, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2024
• By my estimation, this pattern started about two years ago and is now damn near a phenomenon.
  — Annie Blay, Allure, 6 Mar. 2024
• Magazines have been writing about Al Sharpton for damn near 40 years.
  — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 22 Feb. 2024
• As opportunistic omnivores, hogs will eat damn near anything.
  — M.d. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2025
• And that's kind of beautiful about it because my memory is damn near impeccable.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
• How many men in the history of the world have managed to have a wife and a mistress without damn near burning down civilization?
  — Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 12 Nov. 2022
• 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
• The toppings stretched out well throughout the duration of eating the nachos, damn near every chip had at least some cheese on it, yet the chips never got soggy.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 15 Feb. 2021
• The reddish swirl on mom's face plus bright teal hair is damn near identical to Nel's, and Yoruichi's vibrant purple hair is simply gorgeous.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 17 Oct. 2022
• In bureaucratic Los Angeles, that counts as damn near miraculous.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• Abe was sixteen, Iz thirteen—only six months older than me, but still damn near two hundred pounds—and Isaac, barely fifteen, was smack in the middle.
  — J. M. Holmes, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
• Thanks to Saffitz's friendly demeanor and intricately detailed approach to recipe writing, her creations are damn near foolproof.
  — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Nov. 2021
• Mental health should not be considered a luxury, but the reality is finding a therapist on a budget can feel damn near impossible.
  — Stefanie Groner, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2021