dooms
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of dooms
Example Sentences
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We need to understand why wishing ill on the other side is wrong and why such talk poisons civic life and dooms everyone.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
"If you’re stuck in the past, that usually dooms a partnership."
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2025
Astrobotic Technology, a Pittsburgh company, launches its lander in January, but a fuel leak prevents a landing and dooms the craft.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
It fares no better on the merits, fox-trotting around an insurmountable Supreme Court precedent strictly limiting recusal that dooms the whole endeavor.
From Slate • Sep. 13, 2023
Yet, with her prescience, she was aware of dooms and sorrows outside her lover's purview.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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