- present participle of damn.
damning
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This is not as damning a result as it otherwise might seem.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
No damning life event preceded my change in style, though I’d recently stopped dating and found some strange joy in perceiving bangs as another barrier-to-entry to anyone who tried.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
And, most damning of all, he disappointed Lionel Messi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Not all critics were so damning, however - the New York Post celebrated Elle as a "sparkling good time" and NME, in a four-star review, calls it a "hot pink delight".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
In the meantime two monks created a calendar without zero, damning us to eternal confusion.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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