dooms
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of dooms
Example Sentences
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Assumption: The snubbing of “All We Imagine as Light” in the international feature category dooms its Oscar chances.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
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
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
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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