Kindly Arthur--so damnably , politely , endlessly persistent!. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Eh? Oh, damnably!" says I, taking a polite munch. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the Mountain of Light]
Why is a good look in the mirror so damnably hard?. From Wordnik.com. [James Finn Garner: Fool Me Once, Shame On Anyone Handy] Reference
Whoever did originate them, they are damnably false. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
So then why was the third dream so damnably insistent?. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
If it's that damnably important, bring it up with her. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness of the Light] Reference
The streets seemed damnably full for so late at night. From Wordnik.com. [A Shadow in Summer] Reference
And the best of it is, Hareton is damnably fond of me!. From Wordnik.com. [Wuthering Heights] Reference
The accusations brought against me are damnably false. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
Nothing could be more damnably false than this accusation. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
Just damnably, despicably tawdry: phony as phony can become. From Wordnik.com. [Fourth of July Fireworks, Obama, and Gold Hat] Reference
That I love you most dearly, and hate the French most damnably. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson]
And even if they do, it is damnably hard for them to get them all. From Wordnik.com. [Elisabeth Mason and Julie Kashen: Out of the Desert] Reference
Someone was alive, though — alive and libelling me most damnably. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman In The Great Game]
"I repeat, your father was a very lucky man -- a damnably lucky one.". From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference
We are, if we are not damnably incurious, splendidly the better for it. From Wordnik.com. [The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry] Reference
Why, I ask (not of course on the wireless), are you so damnably modest?. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of the Moth, and other essays] Reference
His bones itched inside and he was damnably uncomfortable, but he was alive. From Wordnik.com. [The Colors of Space] Reference
"I am a Bohemian, and damnably sorry that I ever have to see America again.". From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
The damnably admirable thing about this campaign is how consistent it has been. From Wordnik.com. [Obama The Intrepid] Reference
But let us own that she had sinned -- almost damnably, almost past forgiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
But the same thing that made the tower possible made it damnably tricky to build. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
So he found himself torn between common sense and his damnably intense curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Matter]
A sister, a mother, a promised lover, all false — all so damnably, cruelly false!. From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
Very unfair, he thought, damnably unfair to throw an entire floor at a drowning soul. From Wordnik.com. [Nor Crystal Tears]
We sailed upriver next day after one of the most damnably frustrating nights of my life. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and The Redskins]
I guess they wanted to be sure that nobody does anything that damnably ridiculous again. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: Most Outrageous News Item (Open Thread)] Reference
"They don't deserve it -- but it's damnably true that they get it," he mused, irrelevantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Shield of Silence] Reference
Then I turned away, and damnably stiff and bruised as I was, vaulted on to the Arab's back. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and The Redskins]
He was dangerously aware of that, damnably aware of every point at which they were touching. From Wordnik.com. [Ricochet]
It was damnably difficult, this being a mother; so many practical considerations to remember!. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
After all this time, it was still damnably hard, now and then, to keep his thoughts straight. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
And when that sleep cycle gets in your veins, in damnably hard to break, I can tell you that. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
The village had been damnably shelled -- that I had expected -- and there was not a soul to be seen. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
Our historical memory is as damnably short as our collective attention span, with dire consequences. From Wordnik.com. ["My Soul Looks Back in Wonder, Voices of the Civil Rights Experience" by Juan Williams] Reference
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