damndest

Example Sentences

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He rang his boss, the head of the political section: "I said, you know, Jim, this is the damndest thing."

From BBC • May 6, 2019

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

Neither, it turns out, are Green Day, who do their damndest to avoid anyone seeing their "secret" NME/Radio 1 stage set on Saturday morning.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2012

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

I am doing my damndest to keep things going here but it is awfully hard work, because the minute my head raises above the water some neighboring ship plugs it.

From Letters of Franklin K. Lane by Wall, Louise Herrick