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damn

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adverb

damn

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noun

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of damn
Noun
But the rate at which people are ditching cable suggests that carriage fees won’t be worth a tinker’s damn by the time the looming batch of NBA deals expires. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 July 2024 Be prepared to take a sharp inhale at the end of the episode when Betina finally starts to snap out of her Macchiarini fog and actually does some research worth a damn. Vulture, 21 Dec. 2023
Verb
The idea of everyone clamoring to get a severance chip, only to damn a part of themselves to an eternal life of suffering, is incredibly bleak. Erin Qualey, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025 But former members say they were inundated with emails and posts questioning or damning them for taking part and had to remind fans that the Village People now had a very different lineup. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for damn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for damn
Adjective
  • Some may prove useful in the long run and others illusory, but for now they are statistically swamped by the sheer amount of renewable power coming online.
    Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2025
  • The sheer variety of equipment, the pace of change and rising customer demands call for something better: a knowledge capture process that’s baked into the daily workflow.
    Thomas Cottereau, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Adverb
  • The car scenes are rough, authentic, and often deeply compelling — mainly because the fresh-faced Bridges is so damned charismatic.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • While Nintendo mostly conceded the corporate tug-of-war over graphical prowess back in 2006 with the Wii, the general plateau of visual enhancements over the last two generations means that games running on Switch 2 look pretty damned good even compared to more premium devices.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • After 40 minutes, his energy hasn’t flagged a whit.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 July 2025
  • Nevertheless, the basic design of commercial nuclear power reactors has changed not a whit.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2010
Verb
  • King Sisyphus was cursed to spend his afterlife pushing a boulder up a hill.
    John Wiswell, People.com, 3 July 2025
  • So being able to channel that going forward, he’s got some of that Cam Spencer crazy competitiveness, he’s got to learn to channel it like Cam, go from cursing and slamming the ball to getting back on task quicker.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Chemical residue can be a primary cause of stiff towels and products like fabric softener can often be to blame.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 6 July 2025
  • Was the project doomed by the economic realities of globalization, the competitive landscape in the smartphone business, or were Google’s shifting corporate priorities ultimately to blame?
    Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Fernandes Anderson is set to be sentenced in federal court on July 29.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
  • Misty Noel, wife of former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel, has been sentenced after agreeing to plead guilty to multiple counts of felony theft and tax evasion.
    Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • The bagels were utter perfection to my mind, taste buds and insidees, and a spell of satisfaction and euphoria took over.
    Michelle Greenwald, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • But the European agenda must also aim to reverse Gazans’ utter dependence on outside aid while enhancing reconstruction standards.
    Josep Borrell Fontelles, Foreign Affairs, 27 June 2025
Adverb
  • The problem with Canadian nationalism is that Canada is very new.
    Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
  • One place the Padres desperately need to upgrade is the outfield, but there aren't very many quality outfielders expected to be on the market.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025

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“Damn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damn. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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