damnatory

Example Sentences

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Facts which seemed small in themselves became large and black, and charged with damnatory significance in the lawyer's hands.

From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline

The work of ingenuity in question turned out to be a decree of excommunication, certainly a very ponderous and damnatory one, compiled by Ernulphus, a learned bishop of Rochester.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian

Now there is nothing more damnatory than a sentence of this kind. 

From Immortal Memories by Shorter, Clement King

He continued to hold the damnatory evidence within a foot of Monsieur Pettipon's staring incredulous eyes.

From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Connell, Richard

Our own code has so far relaxed that this circumstance shall not be damnatory.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir