damn
verb (used with object)
to declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal.
are damning
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present progressiveof damn.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They have done a survey of all the studies and the conclusions are damning and important.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2022
The new details shared Thursday are damning on their own, but they’re more damning still read alongside everything else the committee has laid out these past several weeks.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
Speaking in the House of Commons, shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds said "the findings in the report are damning."
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2021
“We really did try to make a difference,” he said, “and now I’m afraid we are damning a generation of Afghans to nothing.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2021
I know—I can see—now that I 've had time to think it over—that the facts are damning.
From The Paternoster Ruby by Charles Edmonds Walk
