dooms
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of dooms
Example Sentences
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This balancing sometimes dooms legislative changes, even when they have large budgetary effects.
From Slate ● May 29, 2025
His thoughtful and riveting performance ensures that we never stop pulling for Andy, even after he dooms the crew’s most vulnerable but least interesting member.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2024
Bonello leaves the question hanging, but this elegant, jittery drama ultimately proposes a troubling answer: Maybe there is no beast out there — maybe it’s our fear of feeling too deeply that dooms us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
Navy, where toasting with water is essentially banned, as it dooms the toaster to a watery grave.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Lack of any single required characteristic dooms efforts at domestication, just as it dooms efforts at building a happy marriage.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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