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darned

[ UK /dˈɑːnd/ ]
[ US /ˈdɑɹnd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. expletives used informally as intensifiers
    not a blessed dime
    it's a blamed shame
    he's a blasted idiot
    he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
    a deuced idiot
    an infernal nuisance
    a blame cold winter
    I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing

How To Use darned In A Sentence

  • His new tax is so high that people will do their darnedest not to pay it. Times, Sunday Times
  • It's not that it's been hot so much as the very high humidity that's made me feel darned uncomfortable.
  • Several times during the speech Perry posed for dramatic effect, once even wrapping his arms around himself and remarking in a theatrical aside: "It's the darnedest thing. CPAC 2011: The Conservative Political Action Conference (Live Coverage, Day Two)
  • Grace said ... both of my grandmas are so special to me, and i say this is a tremendous event. i'll do my darnedest to contribute my favorite recipe, but i have to decide what it is first! Announcing A Blog Event: Grandma's Recipes
  • Boy, I wish I hadn't seen this post because I suspect I'm going to now overfocus on that darned cocoa as I move through the book! Tish! That's French!
  • With his gosh-darned, aw-shucks demeanor and disarming smile, he is able to insult entire ethnic groups without even realizing he's doing it.
  • And I'll be darned if I'll buy them and then let them rot in the cupboard.
  • He went on to say he would be "darned" if US Bancorp were to become part of of the "collateral damage" from the government's "sloppy attempt at nationalizing the [banking] industry. US Bancorp Blasts TARP As Giant Bait And Switch On America - The Consumerist
  • She tried her darnedest, huffed and puffed her lungs out, but could not activate the gadget, much less register any reading even after several attempts.
  • The post-novella ennui is not as bad as the post-novel ennui, but it's still pretty darned draining. The plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face
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