1
: bringing damnation
a damning sin
2
: causing or leading to condemnation or ruin
presented some damning testimony
Examples of damning in a Sentence
a damning flaw in the program cost the company millions of dollars
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Logan Wright and Daniel Rosen, China experts at the Rhodium Group, were even more damning.
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Stephen G. Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
Olympia’s team struggles to nail down the most damning evidence against Bruno: that his volatile temper led to a public altercation with Tenoch’s soccer coach.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Grand Canyon and Northern Arizona are both stellar mid-majors, but losing to both early in the season is pretty damning for a bubble team’s resume.
—Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Jude’s sympathies are as generous as his arguments are damning, and the friction created between those forces has sparked some of the only recent comedies that feel as complex and absurd as real life has become.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
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Stephen G. Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
Olympia’s team struggles to nail down the most damning evidence against Bruno: that his volatile temper led to a public altercation with Tenoch’s soccer coach.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Grand Canyon and Northern Arizona are both stellar mid-majors, but losing to both early in the season is pretty damning for a bubble team’s resume.
—Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Jude’s sympathies are as generous as his arguments are damning, and the friction created between those forces has sparked some of the only recent comedies that feel as complex and absurd as real life has become.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Damning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damning. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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