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Recent Examples of godforsaken First, the company claims credit for turning central Florida from a godforsaken wasteland into a thriving economic engine for the entire state. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023 Deep down part of me hoped that this godforsaken place would burn to the ground — after all the prisoners had escaped, of course. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022 This game, this godforsaken 20-20 tie, was two bad teams racing to the bottom and getting there at the same time. Gregg Doyel, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022 Erin and their two young children are none too happy about idling while awaiting repairs at a godforsaken motel in the middle of nowhere with an empty pool and the only place to eat a dismal Subway restaurant. Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for godforsaken
Recent Examples of Synonyms for godforsaken
Adjective
  • Matters only got more bleak in the sixth, when Rushing fouled a ball off his right shin, smoking a ball right above where his guard ended and immediately going down in pain.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The one constant is the unhappy couple’s bleak surroundings.
    Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Silksong is steeped in religious imagery — desolate chapels, ringing church bells, even rosary beads that act as in-game currency.
    Keller Gordon, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Her haunting soprano ranged from desolate whispers to expansive belts.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His work in those early days bears little resemblance to the crystalline large-format portraits of lonely American landscapes that would come to define his career.
    Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Quarterback is an isolating and lonely position, despite entire infrastructures reverse-engineered in service of those who play it, to say nothing of the elaborate playbooks created for them.
    Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Interestingly, Lorraine has taught Judy to ward off her frightening visions by using a nursery rhyme, effectively teaching her to suppress her dark side.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Dolphins wear white jerseys at home for afternoon games, forcing opponents to wear darker colors that absorb more heat.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Compelling, sure, but more depressing than funny.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The news is depressing, and now the Tribune is ignoring what is, for those who are not sports fans, their leading form of entertainment.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Of course as their cross-country road trip progresses and Felice racks up first-round-loss after first-round-loss, Gatti’s louche lifestyle is revealed to have a darker, more depressive aspect.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • These issues ranged from academic difficulties and disruptive behaviors to depressive moods.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Chapple, the late Queen’s beekeeper, went first to Clarence House and then Buckingham Palace to perform his somber duty of telling the bees, a centuries-old custom of informing the bees when their owner has died.
    Elizabeth Bass Parman, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • News voices in the 1970's tended to be somber, accent-less, and almost exclusively male.
    Scott Simon, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Dude can’t carry the Rams to the postseason again all by his lonesome.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Dylan took the exit on the county line and pulled into the lonesome border truck stop, pissed in the bathroom, paid for Bob’s coffee with cream and with sugar and took out three hundred dollars at the ATM.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Godforsaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godforsaken. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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