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Recent Examples of damnable Taken together, the two drove home a damnable fact about America in 2022: That virulent pus coursing through the souls of Mississippi racists in 1955 still flows and has been reconstituted in the despicable figure of Donald J. Trump and the people who follow him. Keith L. Runyon, The Courier-Journal, 17 Nov. 2022 Wordle two steps faster than the damnable robot. Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022 The damnable words of some philosopher then consider the many facets of your demise by shotgun blast. Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 10 Dec. 2022 The movie probes that damnable casual attitude about having co-equal political influence. Armond White, National Review, 5 Jan. 2022 See All Example Sentences for damnable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for damnable
Adjective
  • Its first two blockbuster seasons took place in Hawaii and Sicily at the possibly cursed chain of White Lotus hotels.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025
  • This cameo gets cursed bonus points for the likelihood of Miranda showing up at Moennig’s character’s apartment unannounced à la L Word season one (or AJLT season one).
    Quispe López, Them., 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Kids these days have attention spans crushed under the terrible weight of TikTok and Instgram.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • My heart goes out to the victims of this terrible tragedy, and the Great People of Boulder, Colorado!
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • Over the 18 games following a 21-run eruption against the historically awful Colorado Rockies, the Padres ranked last in the majors in OPS and third-to-last in runs per game.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 2 June 2025
  • The timing isn’t awful for SDFC, which doesn’t play its next league game until June 14 and expected Lozano to be absent possibly into early July on national-team duty.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • The damaged reactor cores continue to glow with infernal heat, so plant employees must keep spraying them with water to cool them and prevent another meltdown.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2014
  • With a wink and a knowing smile, Hermes (Sarah Taylor) guides the audience through a realm of stark contrasts, from the ominous storms of the world above to the infernal heat of Hadestown.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
  • When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears.
    Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Must be able to play an accursed whalebone lyre while consuming five sticks of unsalted butter.
    Keaton Patti, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The others have tried to forget all about it, and have managed to put some distance between themselves and their accursed hometown.
    New York Times, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
  • However, compost can start to smell like rotten eggs, ammonia, or worse if the composting process goes awry or the compost pile has become imbalanced in some way.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2025
  • There are two types of repellents: Taste, which often contains capsaicin and requires the animal to take a nibble; and odor, which is sulfur-based and smells like rotten eggs.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 10 May 2025

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“Damnable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damnable. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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