How to Use darn in a Sentence

darn

adjective or adverb
  • And, this darn plague continues to rain down gloom and doom.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Ranch water doesn't seem to be a thing outside of Texas, which is a darn shame.
    Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 23 July 2021
  • Two Caterpillar D7 tractors were deployed to wrench it out of the muck, but the darn thing would not budge.
    Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Hyenas that tried more techniques to get the box open (biting, dragging, flipping the darn thing over) had greater odds of success.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2013
  • The darn snow is finally gone and there shouldn’t be any more frosts until October.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
  • Those darn kids use it for just about everything, even searching for stuff online.
    WIRED, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The reality is that no one has a darn clue when the most harmful trends of climate change will be unstoppable.
    Aron Ravin, National Review, 17 Aug. 2021
  • All of this can be so darn head-spinning — and overcomplicated.
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • When a horse returns to within sniffing range of the stable after a long ride, the horse spontaneously increases its pace to get the darn thing over with.
    Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 20 July 2021
  • Breezes are pretty darn tame, too. Today: Partly sunny.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The darn thing was set to Eco mode, which attenuates your most immature wants with gas-saving reluctance.
    Neil Dunlop, Car and Driver, 21 June 2021
  • Yes, but that darn grass — that classic surface on which three of the four Grand Slam tournaments used to be contested — has virtually disappeared from the sport.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • Offering a relatively low 4.6 percent ABV, this Kolsch brew is just so darn chuggable.
    Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Concurrently, some Republicans posted photos proudly pointing their firearms to the air, signaling their hunger to just shoot the darn thing down themselves!
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 6 Feb. 2023
  • And high-quality winter hiking boots are also pretty darn waterproof.
    Outdoor Life, 22 Feb. 2021
  • So what your complicated family teaches your son is that family is complicated, like every darn thing else.
    Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • Running for a specific reason is pretty darn motivating.
    Madeline Howard, Women's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
  • And, this darn plague continues to rain down gloom and doom.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Ranch water doesn't seem to be a thing outside of Texas, which is a darn shame.
    Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 23 July 2021
  • Two Caterpillar D7 tractors were deployed to wrench it out of the muck, but the darn thing would not budge.
    Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Hyenas that tried more techniques to get the box open (biting, dragging, flipping the darn thing over) had greater odds of success.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2013
  • The darn snow is finally gone and there shouldn’t be any more frosts until October.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
  • Those darn kids use it for just about everything, even searching for stuff online.
    WIRED, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The reality is that no one has a darn clue when the most harmful trends of climate change will be unstoppable.
    Aron Ravin, National Review, 17 Aug. 2021
  • All of this can be so darn head-spinning — and overcomplicated.
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2021
  • When a horse returns to within sniffing range of the stable after a long ride, the horse spontaneously increases its pace to get the darn thing over with.
    Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 20 July 2021
  • Breezes are pretty darn tame, too. Today: Partly sunny.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The darn thing was set to Eco mode, which attenuates your most immature wants with gas-saving reluctance.
    Neil Dunlop, Car and Driver, 21 June 2021
  • Yes, but that darn grass — that classic surface on which three of the four Grand Slam tournaments used to be contested — has virtually disappeared from the sport.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • Offering a relatively low 4.6 percent ABV, this Kolsch brew is just so darn chuggable.
    Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2022

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