dern
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“The dern thing sold one million records,” Haymes said, chuckling.
From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2016
But it’s time we stopped being so dern polite.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2013
But looking dern and being it are entirely different things.
From Time Magazine Archive
She couldn’t make up to me with a dern sugar lump.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
“What if I cain’t get the dern thing started?”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
