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
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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