damndest

Example Sentences

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He rang his boss, the head of the political section: "I said, you know, Jim, this is the damndest thing."

From BBC • May 6, 2019

Marvel has an extensive catalogue of characters to anoint as the next generation of Avengers; it’s also doing its damndest to make the X-Men cool again.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2019

Added Vaughn: “If I think I can get the script good enough, then we are making it. We are doing our damndest to make that happen.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2015

One had to do with the other: The simpler the system was, the less the players had to worry about anything but trying their damndest to execute it.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2012

"Look at my place in Surrey, the damndest, dreariest curst hole y'ever saw——" "Nay George, when I saw it last it was——" "A plaguy, dreary hole, Jack!" snapped the Colonel.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery