Example Sentences

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"I have served my country and now I'm useless. That job has doomed me," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

However, the crisis has doomed plans for university education for their eldest son, Akshon Ray.

From Reuters • May 5, 2022

A porous defense, however, often has doomed the Cavaliers.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021

“With my character, I can’t give others a flattering smile. I can’t do it. That has doomed my destiny.”

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

Homer makes Hera ask him scornfully if he proposes to deliver from death a man Fate has doomed.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton