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
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
PES Goody and SilveryFox trying to heard chickens by doing their damndest to organise something resembling the World Cup for the PES bloggers.
From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2010
I am doing my damndest to keep things going here but it is awfully hard work, because the minute my head raises above the water some neighboring ship plugs it.
From Letters of Franklin K. Lane by Wall, Louise Herrick
