Read full poem →1 Dear, damn'd, distracting town, farewell!
Thy fools no more I'll tease:
Dictionary Entry
The use of "damn" as a curse.
In a Sentence
“He said a few damns and left.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
thing damn. damnwell damngood damnnear damnfool damndamn goddamn whole
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Poetry examples for “damn”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Condemn a play of theirs, and they evade it;
Cry, 'Damn not us, but damn the French, who made it.' 10
By running goods these graceless owlers gain;
Read full poem →Damnation follows death in other men,
But your damn'd poet lives and writes again.
The adventurous lover is successful still,
Read full poem →And thus broke out--'My Lord, why, what the devil?
Z--ds! damn the lock! 'fore Gad, you must be civil!
Plague on't! 'tis past a jest--nay, prithee, pox!
Read full poem →Is gather'd to the dull of ancient days,
Safe where no critics damn, no duns molest,
Where Gildon, Banks, and high-born Howard rest.
Read full poem →Nor damn for low, what e'er is just and true:
Read full poem →Tliey saw it half, damn'd thy whole play ; and, more.
Read full poem →“God damn you, shut up!” I told him.
Read full poem →To feed strange futures beautiful and young.
Forward! God speed ye down the damn'd decline,
And grant ye the Fool's true good, in abject ruin's gulf
Read full poem →and everybody is.” And i hazarded
“god” (blushing slightly)--“O damn
ginks like dis Gawd” opening slowlyslowly