1
: bringing damnation
a damning sin
2
: causing or leading to condemnation or ruin
presented some damning testimony
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Examples of damning in a Sentence
a damning flaw in the program cost the company millions of dollars
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Months before the damning footage came to light, Ventura detailed the assault in a lawsuit filed in November 2023.
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Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Journalists and human rights groups assembled damning evidence against him and warned that his brutality would backfire.
—Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Journalists and human rights groups assembled damning evidence against him and warned that his brutality would backfire.
—Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
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“Damning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damning. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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