damning
Example Sentences
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Trade bible Variety called it a "lacerating portrait," while Deadline said the "damning" film had "thrashed" Musk as "petty, narcissistic, megalomaniacal, cruel."
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Elizabeth Maliakal from Hudgell Solicitors, which is representing several families, said she expected the final report to be "damning".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
It’s hard to read the late secretary’s words as anything but damning with faint praise.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
This is not as damning a result as it otherwise might seem.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Nehemia just looked at her, damning her with that blank stare.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
