darned

Example Sentences

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Yeah, I expect some hate mail for "Promethean," because it sounds so darned elitist and stupid all at once.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025

Of course, they denied it; the program ran long because speakers were just so darned popular, people wouldn’t stop cheering and clapping, party officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

But he’ll be darned if he stops writing about it.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

“It may be darned important that we have some ability to have those arms come here, rather than go somewhere else,” the State Department official concluded.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2023

Something that felt like a big old wasp’s nest got all wadded up in my throat and darned if I didn’t bawl a little, too.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls