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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
Get checked and vaccinate your damn kids! Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2026 The whole damn band should’ve gotten co-production and credit. Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
Adverb
Luckily for us, the best Lizzie McGuire could do was pretty damn good. Christian Holub, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026 The perps are leading and so far those that have been listed before IPOs have done a pretty damn good job. Oliver Renick, CNBC, 15 June 2026
Noun
Volcanoes, like stars and tides and changing seasons, don’t give a damn. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026 What is emerging instead is a stewardship model that treats vital ecosystems, like coral reefs, as dynamic systems requiring maintenance, repair, and adaptation, much like roads, damns, and power grids. Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
Lawmakers had started impeachment proceedings in June after a damning parliamentary report concluded the president had a case to answer regarding the handling of the theft, including why such large amounts of cash were kept in a sofa at the farm. ABC News, 24 July 2026 In traditional translations of Homer, Circe is often portrayed as a villain, someone who revels in luring victims to her island and damning them to her animal menagerie. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for damn
Recent Examples of Synonyms for damn
Adjective
  • Other governments, including the US, have their own rules and disclosure requirements, but beyond the breadth of the controls in China, the sheer number of people affected is striking – and reaches far beyond civil servants.
    Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Just look at the new stand — the sheer size of it shows the club’s ambition.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 16 Aug. 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
  • Another example involves an Old Testament story, in which Israelites traveled toward the Promised Land through Moabite territory, and the king of Moab called on Balaam, a diviner, to curse them, D'Souza said.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Video that the teen lobster diver's family shared with ABC Miami affiliate WSVN allegedly shows Simpson swimming away from the third lung and back to the Contender vessel as people on Del Sol's boat began yelling and cursing at him.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Craig has blamed Flanagan for a lack of oversight and accountability, allegations that Flanagan rejects.
    Diana Paulsen, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Leaders of the nonprofit hospital in Alabama’s capital blamed its collapse on financial pressures, including mounting debt, staffing shortages and Alabama’s refusal to expand Medicaid that would cover more of the state’s uninsured.
    Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • He was eventually convicted and sentenced to seven months in prison, and in July 2026 he was transferred to prison to begin serving his sentence.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier in the week Judge Johnson sentenced two other Drive Planning employees, Chief Operating Officer David Bradford and Chief Administrative Officer Julie Edwards.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The utter carnage that follows brings major developments for all the main characters still on the chessboard — and many gruesome deaths by dragon fire, boiling oil, spikes and even catapults.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Tense football games tend to leave fans in utter distress, but not John Cena.
    Adrianne Reece, InStyle, 28 July 2026
Adverb
  • Anna’s sheer lace dress with a huge keyhole in the front and an open back is fine but also like a million other dresses; the same goes for Jude’s nicely constructed, but very familiar, black velvet dress with a corset.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Quarterback Tommy DeVito looked to him on a go route on the very next play, but Williams didn’t cut back inside for the ball, which appeared to frustrate Vrabel on the sideline.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Damn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damn. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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