dratted

Example Sentences

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I certainly wish Germany to stay in the Eurozone, not to be able to dip into its dratted kitty, but for its own sake as well as for Europe's sake.

From Economist • May 2, 2013

The Zags are left to sort out how much of that exit was due to their own frailties and how much to dratted ill timing and bad luck.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2013

The dratted devices also make it easier for managers in one time zone to spoil the evenings of managers in another.

From Economist • Mar. 8, 2012

And the grand old game of golf has never been the same since some dratted tinkerer invented the wedge.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Oh, confound it!” he said, looking up, “there’s that dratted white bird again. What’s it keep coming here for?”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams