damnatory

Example Sentences

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Now there is nothing more damnatory than a sentence of this kind. 

From Immortal Memories by Shorter, Clement King

The feeling of the Whigs against these anti-slavery men was bitter and damnatory to the last degree.

From Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 by Julian, George W.

We have seen that it was Queen Elizabeth’s godson Sir John Harington, who first recorded the positive introduction of the damnatory oath.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian

Then with a damnatory waving-away of the offensive drawing he sauntered off to put his stuff in his locker.

From Ewing\'s Lady by Wilson, Harry Leon

I lifted the breakfast cover, and saw before me a damnatory red herring.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis