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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
And, of course, there’s all those dang reptiles Texas is known for. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 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 Just give us the dang horses next year. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026 Raye is topping global charts and looking dang good while doing it. Elise Tabin, InStyle, 14 Jan. 2026 The triplex, which has five terraces, eight balconies, and six wood-burning fireplaces, seems like a much better investment than that dang ferry. Clio Chang, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2025 Chip shows the video to Alex, who, not knowing what else to do and feeling pretty dang guilty about not signing the travel docs to cover for her, hands the video over to UBN legal, Celine, and Ben. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dang
Adjective
  • There’s gonna be some comedy at the beginning and then there’s gonna be freaking reggaeton!
    Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That itself should be a freaking movie.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 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
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
  • The two answer a royal summons to investigate a cursed palace whose secrets even the King cannot speak of openly.
    Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • For years, a static skeletal figure sat atop a cursed pile of gold, but now, his story is coming to life thanks to the latest in Audio-Animatronic technology.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 26 June 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
  • Be vigilant about never leaving young children and pets in vehicles without supervision, especially during periods of intense heat, as car interiors can quickly become extremely hot.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
  • Surveillance of a suspect can take hours or days, and is extremely resource-intensive.
    Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Adverb
  • The reputations of our decent and hard-working journalists were terribly impugned, and today they have been exonerated.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026
  • Your assumption of my competence, while gracious, would be terribly misguided.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Adverb
  • Dior presented its Diorissima collection at Villa Dior, a space dedicated to Dior’s very important customers (VICs).
    Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 10 July 2026
  • The stewards of the forest About 100 miles northwest of the Tahoe Basin, lower down in the foothills, survivors of the epic 2018 Camp fire that destroyed the town of Paradise have a very different relationship with forest stewards.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

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“Dang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dang. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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