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Recent Examples of godforsaken Deep down part of me hoped that this godforsaken place would burn to the ground — after all the prisoners had escaped, of course. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022 This game, this godforsaken 20-20 tie, was two bad teams racing to the bottom and getting there at the same time. Gregg Doyel, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022 It’s a mode of have-it-all eclecticism that is frequently redolent of the wishful artists’ statements that art schools require their students to write—a godforsaken prose genre that is, at best, wholesomely cynical. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 Erin and their two young children are none too happy about idling while awaiting repairs at a godforsaken motel in the middle of nowhere with an empty pool and the only place to eat a dismal Subway restaurant. Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for godforsaken
Recent Examples of Synonyms for godforsaken
Adjective
  • All of these episodes have different types of endings: There’s bleak to total cliffhanger to sentimental.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Some practical frameworks and strategies enable leaders to maintain stability, foster engagement, and position their teams for success even when the economic outlook appears bleak.
    Kara Dennison, SPHR, CPRW, EC, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Memphis rapper began the show with dramatics, rising on a giant platform with her back to the audience as a screen behind her projected the image of a desolate street.
    John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
  • The food and atmosphere had people from across the city willing to venture to a desolate stretch of Bushwick.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This keeps us lonely at a time when the loneliness public health crisis is at an all-time high.
    Priya Vulchi, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Ro, now a police officer, needs help investigating the death 22 years earlier of their classmate, Ricky, killed in a hit-and-run on a lonely county road.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And so by some sociologists, camp is thought to be this form of dark humor serving as a coping mechanism to historical marginalization.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Editor’s tip: Niacinamide is a multitasker that blurs the look of dark spots, evens your skin tone, and balances your complexion.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This Sunday’s finale marks the end of a bizarre, depressing, and sometimes extremely funny show about a family like none other.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
  • That’s been really fascinating and depressing and dispiriting to see.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • More precisely, there was a 60 percent reduction in depressive symptoms, with more than half of the participants exhibiting total remission.
    John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Alongside other treatments, inositol supplements may help with depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • A lot of emotions — excitement and rejuvenation about joining a new team but also reflective and somber about his tenure in Boston coming to an end.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The mood at the event was anything but somber, though.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Though the film eventually finds its way to Saoirse Ronan’s captivating lead performance as a recovering alcoholic, The Outrun begins underwater, observing a lonesome seal in the North Sea.
    Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Alison Krauss will sell no high, lonesome sound before its time.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Godforsaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godforsaken. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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