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Definition of dangnext

dang

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adverb

dang

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dang
Adjective
This one goes out to anyone who wishes the play scene in Revolutionary Road had been the whole dang movie. — John Ross, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026 There was one home in particular that just had so many dang mirrors. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Waffle House just added tacos to its menu at select restaurants, and these sound dang tasty. — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026 As far as views from the top go, this one is pretty dang good. — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 And, of course, there’s all those dang reptiles Texas is known for. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026 Fans have been asking for these cars for years; Ferrari’s already won the dang thing three times since the 499P first hit the track. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 10 June 2026 All your dang eggs in one basket. — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 Quebec teams were no dang good. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dang
Adjective
  • That little freaking weasel kept me on my toes the whole game.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026
  • And that's what Simon hasn't learned how to do yet, which is to just go and get a freaking life.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Adverb
  • Perhaps the biggest and most motivating truth is that prices are too damn high, which comes with the corollary that Trump has no one to blame for this but himself.
    — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Because the rent is so damn high, there was real money to be made.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • By Jennifer Barger Special to The Washington Post One dusty family photo album in my attic holds black-and-white snapshots of my mother and grandmother darning their socks in the early 1950s.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
  • Others proclaim that we should be darned happy that AI seems to work.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • Sort infernal correspondence, process occult specimens, and keep cursed machinery running as the workday gets stranger.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The cursed 13th season of RHONY led to a complete refresh, with the entire cast let go in favor of all-new Housewives.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Nov. 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
Adverb
  • How Cube Steak Is Used and Cooked Cube steak is extremely versatile.
    — Natalia Vela, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2026
  • California has gotten extremely soft on accountability with youth.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Even if those numbers aren’t precisely right, the idea that Kucherov asked to be traded suggests the two sides are not terribly close.
    — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026
  • But then this is not exactly a grittily realistic flashback, or one terribly concerned with details of historical timeline.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • In the mid-1970s, the building housing the Westin opened as the very first Holiday Inn resort in the Caribbean, with Buoy Haus’s beachfront location opening as a low-rise motor inn shortly after.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
  • After multiple attempts to press forward, the message of the direction of the school was received very clearly.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

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“Dang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dang. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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