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damned

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adverb

damned

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verb

past tense of damn
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of damned
Adjective
Thoughts and prayers and flags ordered to be hung at half-staff, none of which is doing a damned thing. Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 Later, as the two mull over a handwritten constitution of best practices, which include wearing simple cotton and visiting family once every 10 years, emergencies be damned, Sister is compelled to share her secret. Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
Adverb
This is typically where everyone’s hindsight becomes so damned good. Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025 The combo of that large, efficient head; the dampening factor of the wood handle; and a nice texture at the base of the grip just felt so damned good, strike after strike. Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for damned
Recent Examples of Synonyms for damned
Adjective
  • To watch Lipe-Smith’s Caroline cuddle in bed watching TV on her iPad, or bopping around to JoJo Siwa, or pensively finishing a Popsicle while sitting beside her grandmother at a museum, is to have the sheer malevolence of our current administration and its adherents thrown into sharp relief.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The sheer paucity of Russian resources, after three and a half years of war, may lead to a similarly ineffective response to any use of Tomahawks.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • But damn if the Hostmaster General did not then go and do it.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • No one gets hour-long lines without damn good BBQ, no matter how inventive the flavors.
    Farhan Mustafa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Napoli’s coach cursed the fates.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The safe housemates were Nancy and Cameron, while Emily, Sam, and Caroline were cursed with an evil eye.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In more strongly Democratic seats, where most primary challenges are unfolding, progressive candidates have preemptively denounced AIPAC and promised not to seek its support, or have otherwise broken with party leaders on Israel.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The age of the Ayatollahs After the fall of the Shah in January 1979, the nascent Islamic Republic denounced his aggressive modernization drive inspired by the West.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If Pike had carried out the murder a year earlier, she could not be sentenced to death.
    Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
  • They were sentenced to time served for those offenses.
    Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Ray is the leader of a biker gang and demands utter subservience.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Outside, the scene among the sea of red was one of utter devastation.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Some genres may be extremely violent and gory, so parents may want to consider supervising their children's viewing of films or avoid them altogether.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Grain bins and silos can be extremely deadly if people get trapped inside.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Over the centuries she’s been branded a traitor, condemned as a nymphomaniac, diagnosed as a sociopath and — more recently — defended as a victim of circumstances.
    Phillipa Gregory, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier the Democratic governor condemned a sweeping overnight raid carried out by federal authorities at a Chicago apartment building earlier this week.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Damned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damned. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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