danged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of danged
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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After that, it was still pretty danged great.
From Slate • Jul. 4, 2021
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
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
During his 2010 reelection campaign, he vowed to “complete the danged fence” across Arizona’s span with Mexico.
From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2018
Stand on one foot and then the other reading the whole danged board, and seems like everybody got something to sell, or want to be hired, nobody wants to buy.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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