How to Use damning in a Sentence
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And, of course, the most damning stat: 0-10 as a starter (with three more losses in relief).
— Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2021 -
Even more damning for the offense: The defense is still very good.
— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024 -
Her last mistake, the final ‘cut’, is the most damning.
— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 June 2024 -
Forbes doesn’t like to see rich people portrayed in such a damning way.
— Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021 -
Far from breathing life into his damning report, the tired Robert Mueller sucked the life out of it.
— John Kass, Twin Cities, 28 July 2019 -
The data about those behind the camera is even more damning.
— Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021 -
Some of the most damning evidence is where Laci and her unborn child were found.
— Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 1 May 2021 -
Even more damning, authorities say that traces of Jamie's blood were found on the gun.
— CBS News, 9 Apr. 2022 -
Those banners fall from the rafters, with damning numbers for all to see, and the actors leave the stage without a curtain call.
— Chris Vognar, Chron, 17 Feb. 2023 -
The charges Trump is facing are likely going to be damning.
— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 July 2023 -
And there could hardly be a more damning indictment of them than that.
— Isaac Schorr, National Review, 15 Jan. 2021 -
England was split clean in two this decade, the damning and beleaguered on one side, the acutely aware on the other.
— Matt Wilkinson, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2019 -
That can be either read as damning with faint praise, or seen as a small victory of sorts.
— Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023 -
That made what came next feel important, damning, and true.
— BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2019 -
Tim Walz [archival audio]: That is a damning non-answer.
— Leah Feiger, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024 -
When The Times’ report came out, this last revelation was seen by many as the most damning.
— Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2021 -
Shortly after that, Bashir showed the earl a second set of bank statements that were even more damning.
— Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2022 -
Their scenes together are some of the funniest - and most damning - in the series.
— Meredith Blake, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2019 -
And say, again and again, the most damning thing of all: that Republicans want 13-year-old rape victims to be forced to have those children.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2022 -
House Democrats have described his nine-plus hours of testimony this month as among the most damning to Trump so far.
— NBC News, 28 Oct. 2019 -
But maybe the most damning evidence against Yazeed comes from Antwain Fisher.
— James Brown, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2021 -
Even more damning was a text Nikki sent a friend six weeks earlier.
— Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2021 -
The conduct of the trials, their fairness, and their possibly damning verdicts will be at the center of the election.
— Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023 -
But the most damning moment for the Jets’ defense came in the third quarter — and really, for almost the length of the period.
— Dennis Waszak Jr., courant.com, 6 Dec. 2021 -
There is no discussion about what Trump said in the boardroom, about how the damning evidence was caught on tape.
— Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024 -
More damning: 94% of Democrats under 30 want somebody else.
— Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 July 2022 -
And, to be clear, these are some extremely damning critiques.
— Kelsey Piper, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024 -
And her failure simply to tell us is far more damning than her attempt to let Jussie Smollett slide.
— Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 18 Aug. 2020 -
Even more damning, perhaps, is the praise Reagan has gotten from Democrats in recent years.
— Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2020 -
The information from the team meeting following a big loss to the Heat wasn’t all that damning, really.
— Zach Harper, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
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