darn well

idiom

: without doubt or question
You darn well know what happened.

Examples of darn well in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Dallas coach Pete DeBoer, whose Vegas teams delighted in pushing the Avs around in the postseason, knew darn well. Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 10 May 2024 After all, Whittingham himself was an internal promotion after Urban Meyer left for Florida in 2004, and that transition worked out pretty darn well. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024 First is to stop playing political-theater games by putting a razor fence in an area the governor knows darn well would be challenged by the Federal Government. Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024 The young guys have stepped up and played pretty darn well. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 20 Dec. 2020 The answer: pretty darn well. Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023 For a group that doesn’t have a national championship — and hasn’t advanced to this game in four consecutive tries — this class played pretty darn well Friday night. Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2022 One of our greatest action stars, Cruise plays a reluctant hero pretty darn well. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 25 Nov. 2021 The answer so far is, pretty darn well. BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2021

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“Darn well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/darn%20well. Accessed 22 May. 2024.

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