How to Use damnable in a Sentence

damnable

adjective

• Of course, that programming is the damnable smartphones that Chris hated so much in the first place.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 31 May 2019
• The despised, detested and damnable Raiders who for decades raised the bile levels of an entire Chargers fan base.
  — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• The 14-year-old pooch was put down after suffering a bout of damnable cancer, The Washington Post reported then.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2018
• Tanden has deleted many of her tweets, a fact that some Republicans seem to find just as damnable as tweeting in the first place (more Clinton comparisons, anyone?).
  — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2021
• Trump finally gave in, but only after Mitch promised to support his plan to declare a state of emergency to get the money for that damnable border wall.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2019
• The American drug dealers are largely peripheral figures here, and all the more damnable for their absence.
  — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 9 May 2018
• Grif now is beset by damnable cognitive decline, a disclosure made here by his and his nearest loved ones' permission.
  — John Brummett, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2020
• The evidence on middle-school-math results is damnable at any level, but a note of context is necessary regarding Louisville (39% proficiency).
  — WSJ, 8 Mar. 2017
• Americans will be reminded that there is nothing — save for peaceful foreign policy and sound budgeting — that both parties can agree to reject as damnable and beyond the bounds of decency.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 23 Oct. 2019
• The situation is the result of the president and congress’s inability to come to an agreement about funding for that damnable border wall, which Mexico is apparently not paying for.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2018
• Both Vox and The Power aim to make contemporary gender politics legible and damnable — albeit by taking opposing approaches — and their success is mixed.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 29 Aug. 2018
• This paradigm shines a light on our most delicate and aspirational selves — because who hasn’t felt misunderstood, even damnable, as characters in fiction so often feel, while still yearning for sympathy and a happy ending?
  — Joshua Ferris, New York Times, 19 May 2020

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