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Definition of damnnext

damn

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adverb

damn

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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of damn
Adjective
They were especially pissed at Jean Clayton and her damn lawsuit. Wilbert L. Cooper, Longreads, 25 Aug. 2026 Give an honest rider a cheap Bud, no overhead light, a no-BS bartender and a damn break from it all. Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 14 Aug. 2026
Adverb
Hodad’s is a third-generation small business, a San Diego treasure that makes a damn good burger. Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 Williams is too young to be this damn good. Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
Drop some of the races on tracks no one gives a damn about and showcase the old school tracks, Bristol, Talladega and Daytona get three races a season. Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026 Volcanoes, like stars and tides and changing seasons, don’t give a damn. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
One damning part of the plan involved a potential future role for Infantino in the investment fund. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Despite damning evidence, the judge throws out the case and Thorne goes free. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for damn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for damn
Adjective
  • Recommended by Our Editors The sheer aura of this sandbox, and your agile tools for exploring it, almost make the rest of Control Resonant feel perfunctory by comparison.
    Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The skirt also featured a ribbon waist tie and a sheer, tulle underlayer visible beneath the thigh-high slit.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The Rolling Stones, down to two original members, have released their 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, and most of it is pretty damned good.
    David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026
  • But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • His adoration, here as in all things natural, is infectious, although the birds themselves care not a whit for him, and isn’t that part of the wonder, the fun?
    Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • An unconventional structure or new approach bothers them not a whit.
    Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
Verb
  • In a wartorn country where air travel is too perilous to even consider, the roads are the obvious option, but are jammed, precarious, and cursed with long, torturous border queues.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Critics are cursing Practical Magic 2, the legasequel of the 1998 cult film.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Some readers have pointed out how quickly blame gets assigned to Sandy even about aspects of the show, like casting, that are out of her control.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The pilots of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 were blamed for crashing into a seawall in 2013, sending their jet cartwheeling down a runway in San Francisco, killing three people and injuring 187 others.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • He was originally sentenced to two months in prison but ultimately was allowed instead to serve the time in a work-release program, pay the back taxes and a $30,000 fine, and perform 800 hours of community service teaching art in Harlem schools.
    BETH J. HARPAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • For undermining traditional religious authority, he was eventually sentenced to death.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • There’s a wonderful fraction of a second when the Villa fans in the Holte End have to adjust from impending despair to utter joy.
    Amitai Winehouse, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Fall in Europe brings with it brisk temperatures that make sightseeing an utter joy, thinner crowds that leave room for locals, and an opportunity to experience cities in their most authentic light.
    Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The Microtransat achievement represents more than a tiny boat completing a very long journey.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Turns out the two had a rather close bond, as Elia was very politically savvy compared to the naïve Rhaegar.
    Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Damn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damn. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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