damndest

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

We move on to another patchwork team doing its damndest to defy the odds.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

Marvel has an extensive catalogue of characters to anoint as the next generation of Avengers; it’s also doing its damndest to make the X-Men cool again.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2019

Stomping around in woolly tights and Fair Isle cardies, Wilson does her damndest to pull off frumpiness, but who’s she kidding?

From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2018

One had to do with the other: The simpler the system was, the less the players had to worry about anything but trying their damndest to execute it.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2012

You disinterred me at the damndest most vital moment of your history, and probably of Earth's as well—we've had conquerors aplenty, but always of this world, not from out of it.

From The Buttoned Sky by Reynard, Geoff St.