danged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of danged
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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I mean, John McCain got in hot water for, in his 2010 Senate reelection campaign, shooting an ad that said, “Complete the danged fence.”
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2020
By a child's measure, I grew up in the danged Stone Age, back when we had to actually call places for directions and used ditto machines to make our worksheets.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 21, 2019
Lift with some danged pulley system involving fulcrums and levers and inclined planes, or, better yet, just hire some dumb lunk.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2019
Still, I don’t know why it took him so long to back out of the danged driveway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2018
“Appalachian Trail? You must be a danged fool. What time you wanna go?”
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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