as in freaking
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
this damnable couch is falling apart
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Recent Examples of damnable
The movie probes that damnable casual attitude about having co-equal political influence.
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Armond White, National Review, 5 Jan. 2022
That painful, damnable stand-off should be crucial to Branagh’s recall.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Nov. 2021
No ensembles have struggled more mightily during the pandemic than choruses, as singers are inevitable spewers of the damnable coronavirus.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
Or maybe Alice from accounting is using her AirPods but hasn’t turned off her Mac’s internal microphone, causing that damnable echo.
—Tom Gillis, Forbes, 22 June 2021
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Armond White, National Review, 5 Jan. 2022
That painful, damnable stand-off should be crucial to Branagh’s recall.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Nov. 2021
No ensembles have struggled more mightily during the pandemic than choruses, as singers are inevitable spewers of the damnable coronavirus.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
Or maybe Alice from accounting is using her AirPods but hasn’t turned off her Mac’s internal microphone, causing that damnable echo.
—Tom Gillis, Forbes, 22 June 2021
See all Example Sentences for damnable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for damnable
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This is the beginning of the road trip and the first real moment of cursed bad luck for Alexander.Yolanda Machado, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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After all, playing the backup five for Denver seems practically cursed at this point.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2024
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That would be a terrible mistake, the Fienberg brothers argued in a Dec. 17 letter that addressed only Bowers’s federal death sentence.David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
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People talk about the terrible twos, but she’s found her foothold in that kind of behavior, and there’s just no reasoning with her.Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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But Pierce has been tasked with managing an awful quarterback situation, which is a huge reason why the Raiders have lost so many games.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Her awful journey is a raging scream against the patriarchy and a biting critique of how women are viewed, especially by other women.The Week US, theweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Christ and his angels battled for your salvation, while the Devil and his many demonic spirits sought to trick and tempt, to pull you into their infernal kingdom.James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
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The stake, with the hooded heretic, the black man or the witch attached to it, is the burning tree and body of the infernal world.John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
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When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears.Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024
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Must be able to play an accursed whalebone lyre while consuming five sticks of unsalted butter.Keaton Patti, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
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The others have tried to forget all about it, and have managed to put some distance between themselves and their accursed hometown.New York Times, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
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Millennial comedians let rotten bureaucrats go unprotested.Armond White, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
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However, if the new Council commission ended up pushing rotten ideas like getting rid of term limits, then the mayor’s commission could issue their own proposals, which would automatically supersede the Council’s measures from the ballot.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024
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