damnation
Example Sentences
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It’s a song about a ne’er-do-well who can’t help messing up, and Mr. Kahan wishes the best for him—hoping his greatest fears are earthly threats like personal safety and cancer and not eternal damnation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
RN was regarded as beyond the pale, so the centre-right faced hell and damnation on the few occasions it joined them in a tacit arrangement to keep out the left.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
It’s like a chemical cocktail of frustration, elation, inspiration, damnation — everything with an “-ation” on it.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023
The Puritans who colonized New England believed that laziness led to damnation.
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2022
Man wanted t’ know why ’n’ he fell from light t’ darkness, from love t’ damnation, from blessedness t’ shame.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing damnation
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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