darned
IPA: dˈɑrnd
adjective
- (euphemistic) A minced oath for damned, used to express contempt, exasperation, consternation, etc. towards someone or something.
adverb
- (degree) Damned, extremely.
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Examples of "darned" in Sentences
- It's kind of darned if you do and darned if you don't, though.
- "It's what you'd call a darned good offer," explained Armstrong:
- Remember when I darned "My So-Called Life" and put it on my 'darned' list.
- Martin could not help frowning for a moment, as if he were disposed to insinuate that the gentleman had unconsciously 'darned' himself.
- One was a new structure and the other two were old barns which had been "darned" here and there with new material, and their yawed sides were propped with joists.
- He went on to say he would be "darned" if US Bancorp were to become part of of the "collateral damage" from the government's "sloppy attempt at nationalizing the [banking] industry."
- 'E came along' ere only the other day, 'e did, and' e says to me, 'e says,' darned 'f I can see why a station-master should beat a professional gardener at' is own game, '' e says, 'but you do.
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