| 单词 | damnably |
| 例句 | Where it showed around the citadel’s edges, it was damnably bright and blue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I was nonplussed, and I blurted out that I was astounded that he could not see himself how damnably false this story was. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Still the food does not last out; we are damnably hungry. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lannisters of easterly Rock were a damnably large and fertile house. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "The Lannister woman has seen to that. How can you be so damnably cruel, Catelyn? He is only a boy. He—" His fury was on him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z What's damnably difficult is to write well; and, for me, there is still a personal challenge every night in trying to set down my views in 45 minutes with any degree of lucidity. Theatre critics still pack a punch 2010-05-07T11:44:00Z It's frustrating, infuriating and damnably costly: but for the moment, a spectacular inconvenience is all we have, more brooding days to enjoy a gift that goes on giving: the wonder of commonsense context. Smiling in the face of ash 2010-04-18T16:30:00Z They really are good dancers: it’s not their fault that their stylishness looks so damnably deliberate and noble. Dance Review: Moving Preciously to the Music, Sometimes Stealing Away With It 2010-09-23T21:53:00Z Both episodes build to shocking acts of emotional and physical brutality, meant to remind fans that these characters — while damnably likable — have been corrupted by a life in which inconvenient people are considered easily disposable. ‘The Sopranos’ 20th Anniversary: Here’s Your Complete Guide to Rewatching It 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z We are, if we are not damnably incurious, splendidly the better for it. The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z “Things got weird,” she said, referring to a dearth of roles and damnably silent phone. Patricia Clarkson, Stealth Weapon of Choice 2010-08-01T01:53:00Z All he has to do is diagnose — with scientific certainty! — whether the Scottish king is infected with the “damnably contagious” disease of Roman Catholicism. Review | Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Few who chat with him for more than a minute or two avoid a passionate lecture about how this composer’s scores remain underrated for their sophistication: messily conducted, vulgarly sung and damnably staged. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Don’t misunderstand this magical flourish; though often discomfitingly dreamlike, the book is a critique of damnably real power. Review | Yu Miri’s ‘Tokyo Ueno Station’ focuses its attention on the shamefully overlooked 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The other piece of the discussion is why a female athlete, and particularly a Black or Brown female athlete, might avoid news conferences, where they are often treated so damnably. Perspective | At news conferences, male athletes get to be athletes. Female athletes like Naomi Osaka get pestered. 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Republicans’ constant condemnation of the nation’s law enforcement pillars is not only wrong-headed, it’s unfortunately damnably effective. Opinion: Republicans attack the DOJ and the FBI, but it's Democrats that should have a beef with the feds 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z West, damnably and sadly, didn’t get here on his own. Opinion | Kanye West’s enablers have a lot to answer for 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z After a particularly bruising period of campaign hyperbole and cutthroat competition, “City Hall” reminds us of what it’s all been about: the difficult, demanding, damnably imperfect work of governing. Review | Frederick Wiseman, the dean of documentary filmmaking, turns his attention to local government 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z It’s about a damnably complex situation in which guilt and grief blur and barbarism has a way of breeding complicity even among the presumed innocent. Review: Jennifer Kent's 'The Nightingale' is a brilliant, horrifying tale of revenge 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Mr. DeProspero could be vain about his high standards and damnably certain he was always right when it came to security. Robert DeProspero, Secret Service agent who led Reagan’s security detail after assassination attempt, dies at 80 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z You might also find it damnably hard to shake. Review: Robert Zemeckis' psychodrama 'Welcome to Marwen' is muddled, misguided — and weirdly compelling 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z This is due almost entirely to Lucas Hedges’ moving, charismatic and damnably slippery turn. Review: Julia Roberts is pulled every which way in the gutsy, clumsy 'Ben Is Back' 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z When things go wrong, though, it's often damnably hard to figure out precisely what happened. Is the FDA Withholding Data about a Controversial Drug to Protect Its Manufacturer? 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z “These are damnably false charges,” Mr. Sessions told the Senate Judiciary Committee before a daylong grilling at the hands of his Democratic colleagues on the committee. Cool Exit and Fiery Entrance as Obama Cedes Stage to Trump 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z But he did tell that same committee the “damnably false” racism accusations were “very painful,” and asked to be judged by his record over his two decades in the Senate. Civil rights advocates avoid calling Sessions 'racist' 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z And even before senators questioned him about the allegations of racism that led the GOP-controlled Judiciary Committee to reject his nomination to the federal bench in 1986, Sessions preemptively defended himself against “damnably false charges.” Jeff Sessions shed his offensive past in his confirmation hearing. Was it an act? 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z "These are damnably false charges," Sessions said, straying from his prepared statement at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. Sessions says allegations against him are 'damnably false' 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Our consolation prize is the Holy Ghost, which is Jesus’ presence in our hearts, which is sometimes—a latter slander?—damnably inadequate. Christian Wiman: The Power of the Word of God Comes From Its Many Meanings 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Defying those who want him to take sides, either declaring America damnably racist or ready to embrace colour-blind comity, he calls the country an imperfect work in progress. The cross blue line 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Here Pope Francis is perfectly consistent and his right-wing critics, including Republican presidential candidates, are damnably not. Let Me Finish: Pope Francis vs. the Conservatives 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z But let’s talk about what was wrong, so damnably wrong, that Wednesday evening when Milton lost her life. The wrong way to talk about killings in D.C. 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Today, our enemies are relatively easy to defeat, but they often are damnably difficult to find. Don’t let America be boxed in by its own computers 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z It was because, despite everyone being "nice" to me, getting anything consequential done was so damnably difficult—even in the midst of two wars. The Quiet Fury of Robert Gates 2014-01-08T02:38:29Z "I do want it most damnably, or of course I wouldn't have asked you for it." Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z You're too damnably clever to fail in your own particular work. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z This is true enough—damnably true—but it is not the whole truth. Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest England 2012-03-14T02:00:28.613Z It isn't for me to reproach you with that, however, the said gloss being a constant defect of my characters; they have too much of it—too damnably much. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z "No—I cannot ask her to stay with me—'twould be damnably selfish." The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The computation of figures--it is the devil's own gift, and to my nose it smells damnably of sulphur.' Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z What this woman said was all true—damnably, horribly, sickeningly true. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z But our hero swung that night in an immaterial basket that creaked thrice as damnably as the other, and found no good-natured labouring man to put him on the ground next morning. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z If I can go on believing in my subject I can go on treating it; but sometimes I have a mortal chill and wonder if I ain't damnably deluded. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z Her hair is like a dusky cloud of black, and it ripples off her brow and over her little ears in a most damnably alluring fashion. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z I'd bet on him myself, except that I'm so damnably unlucky that it really wouldn't be fair to you, Vane. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z It would be a damnably ugly business; but Devinsky's not incapable of it; and so far as I know, the other man's worse than he is. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z She sees how hopeless this is, and how damnably I'm suffering, and she won't help me to get out of this cursed hole. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z They burn your fingers so damnably, though, when you go to pick ’em up. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z I am damnably hungry; I'll cut open this Pasty, while you open that Pot of wild Fowl. The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce 2011-09-15T02:00:12.030Z I breathed, now, without any pain, but itched most damnably. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z Above all, keep your head, say nothing, and be as damnably civil as though he were old Van Schouten himself. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z You needn't look so damnably glad—" he broke out, "because I've shown myself a simpleton, not a villain. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z It was damnably clever; it eliminated himself, and pointed out to her the only role it would be possible for her to play.... Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z I had been, since thy departure, in a manner damnably unlucky until about one o'clock this morning. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z And there is no doubt, as Aubrey tells us, that he was “damnably proud.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Never were the poorer classes of a people, and those classes so largely in the majority, and all inhabiting the same country, so basely duped, so adroitly swindled, or so damnably outraged. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z The characters of a book are to my mind damnably like the tiresome people who keep you wishing them good-night till you wish them at the devil. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z My brain, so damnably dull all through the night, brightens with the coming day. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z "And keeping it hurts me damnably!" he muttered. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Fact is, I was damnably in debt, and tied up with your people, and I cut loose. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z I'm not sure I don't want you damnably too. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z I am all wrong in health, and depressed most damnably. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z Incidentally I have always bemoaned the fact that conquest is so damnably easy. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z Goldsmith was a damnably genteel person at times in spite of the ‘Vicar’! Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z "Most damnably so," says I. "Then I am too." The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z He hasn't wanted you so damnably up till now. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z I might get better exchange elsewhere; and second, I have overdrawn him damnably, and he might be indelicate enough to expect payment. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z You don't drink, don't gamble, and don't swear—you are damnably pious, it seems to me! Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z “Its damnably cold!” he shouted, in a sort of hearty, forecastle voice. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z Now, whether in this sentence the man spoke his true mind, or damnably forswore himself, it remained with the sequel to be made clear. Idonia: A Romance of Old London "Refuse me, Jack!" exclaimed the Colonel, "to hark to you one would think you in love and—er—damnably forlorn, you sigh, man, you sigh, aye, let me perish, you puff grief like any bellows." Our Admirable Betty A Romance She gave it to be understood that Ayala had interfered fatally, foully, damnably, with all her happiness. Ayala's Angel To be serious, Charley, I have misused the King's press damnably; we have such a party as few have ever witnessed. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Phil later—much later—admitted to me that he had never felt till that moment how damnably he was past forty, and how fatally Susan was not. The Book of Susan A Novel My guide has behaved so damnably ill since I wrote that, that I wish it had not come into my mind.' The Unveiling of Lhasa Lord Cleeve shrugged his shoulders: "'Tis a damnably cold-blooded business altogether!" said he as the Sergeant turned key in lock. Our Admirable Betty A Romance I suppose you know I'm damnably sorry and all that.... Shadows of Flames A Novel "Thy leave to continue our journey to the 'Lame Cow,'" he replied airily; "my friend up there is getting damnably heavy." The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel What next I experienced was pain, unlocalized at first, yet somehow damnably concentrated: pure, white-hot essence of pain. The Book of Susan A Novel Richard Leigh then discovered that he had been so damnably well educated that there was nothing for him to do but think. Years of Plenty Positively, I'm flushed!" he panted, "and for that alone I'd kick you downstairs, my poor worm, were it not that 'twould disorder me damnably. Our Admirable Betty A Romance I'm just a low, mortal wretch and I'm disgustingly, damnably jealous—that's all. Shadows of Flames A Novel But you mistake me, ay, and damnably too, if you suppose that because I 'm crippled here this insolence shall pass unpunished! Jack Hinton The Guardsman "You used to be such a damnably abrupt sort of person yourself." Where the Pavement Ends She had been so damnably maternal and—worse still—so damnably right. Years of Plenty "Od's body, I do protest I did but close my eyes for a moment——" "And snored, Ben, damnably—'ffect o' country air——" "And churning, Ben—eh, Benjamin?" suggested Mr. Dalroyd. Our Admirable Betty A Romance If he hadn't been so damnably officious, perhaps they might not have given him the brandy. Shadows of Flames A Novel There was something damnably inevitable about Mr. Demise's calm statements. Death Makes A Mistake Dr. Cameron kept his eyes averted; the man was damnably disconcerting. Accidental Flight He watched her covertly across the table, poised, amused, alert, occasionally witty—and so damnably attractive. The Ambassador “If they fight here they will be damnably mauled.” Waterloo If there were any foundation for that poppycock, I'd be a dead man now—instead of a man damnably ill-used!... The Destroying Angel He had felt the full impact of the alien's projection, and he was more frightened than he had ever been in his life! hey had been clever—damnably clever! Assassin The second officer arrives to stand his watch, and the Third, who goes below, is as damnably cheerful and annoying as the other is dour. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war "Your question strikes me as damnably odd, sir." Astounding Stories, June, 1931 He did not want to question too deeply the beliefs sacred to another, yet it was so damnably peculiar. The Women-Stealers of Thrayx But you have no doubt observed in life that while one can seldom misinterpret Fate’s frowns, her smiles can be damnably misleading. Cynthia's Chauffeur Never again while he toured with his family would he drink iced stimulants, however damnably hot it was in the sun. Banked Fires Yet, because he had slipped a cog he was damnably unhappy. Aliens I was damnably cramped, but above all impatient for the morrow. Cavalry of the Clouds When the eight horses attached to the gun carriages were struggling to pull them up the incline, a certain subaltern with a voice slow, but damnably insistent, would sing out, "Cannoneers, to the wheels." "And they thought we wouldn't fight" There is nothing new with me: Knox and his females begin to get out of restraint altogether; the subject expands so damnably, I know not where to cut it off. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) He had been weak—yes, damnably weak! that was about the sum and total of it. Banked Fires My Life of my family fills up intervals, and should be an excellent book when it is done, but big, damnably big. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) A small modicum of gin, though it does not add much spirit to the water, will damnably defile a large quantity. The Landleaguers How quick Blount had been to see that way out and to bribe her by returning the stock–how damnably quick to read her envious heart and know that she would fall for the offer. Shadow Mountain "And it is so perfect—damnably perfect," he said irritably. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists One crumpled figure coughed and went on coughing—damnably. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism No," answered Cavendish, striving in vain to control the trembling of his lips, "only damnably nervous. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel The brig then gave a sudden yaw, and with that motion there was wafted a stink—a stink too damnably foul and rotten to originate from anywhere, save from some cesspool in hell. Byways of Ghost-Land Bueno, I hired a canoe and a couple of strapping peones, who brought me by night, and by damnably slow degrees, up the river to Bodega Central. Carmen Ariza Ena's been telling me the most distressing thing—the most damnably theatrical, idiotic thing. The Side Of The Angels A Novel “A damnably rough bark,” growled I; “what do you mean?” Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 Here and there, however, the language of Jesus is paraphrased and damnably spoiled. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Now, however, my hopes were dashed on the head—the room was haunted—haunted by something gloomily, damnably evil, evil with an evilness that could only have originated in hell. Byways of Ghost-Land It was all incomprehensible to him, incongruous, and damnably wicked. Carmen Ariza A damnably dangerous one, and a mighty desperate one. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 This is simply another damnably treacherous move of the gang against us to interfere with our work, starting a big drunk and perhaps a row. In the Shadow of the Hills Often, therefore, she drifted out by herself, and he suffered damnably. Love and Lucy She couldn't hear distinctly, for the impatient monosyllable was breathed rather than spoken, but at that distance it sounded damnably like "Pshaw!" Nobody I don’t profess to understand what’s happening, but if I’m to help you in any way——” “You are to help damnably,” said the King. The Island Mystery It was the plain truth: he was—on Mrs. Lowder's basis, the only one in question—a very small quantity, and he did know, damnably, what made quantities large. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 At last they lifted the ghastly head of young Teach—he'd be damnably mouldy a hundred years hence!—and laid it at his feet. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main What he had said was so true; terribly, damnably true. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 Of course," he went on, "father's damnably unjust, actuated by absurd prejudice. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life But Victor Hugo, like Falstaff, has, in this and other respects, abused his power of pressing subjects into service almost, if not quite, damnably. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century I'm a waster—through and through; it's damnably selfish—worst of all, in this energetic and pushing age, it's idle. The Wooden Horse Teach was roaring out a song, that song of London town, with its rollicking chorus: "Though life now is pleasant and sweet to the sense, We'll be damnably moldy a hundred years hence." Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main Some are led by them to drink in superstition, and to fall into sundry gross abuses in religion, others are made to use them doubtingly, and so damnably. The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) The scent of fried fish and decaying bits of kosher meat, and hallways as damnably rotten of floor as they were profitable to New York's nicest circles. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life There is a way out, but it appeals to me as damnably low.” The Place of Honeymoons He felt, therefore, somewhat sore against the Brattles;—and then there was the fact that Carry Brattle, who had been regularly "subpœnaed," had kept herself out of the way,—most flagitiously, illegally and damnably. The Vicar of Bullhampton It was damnably difficult for a President to outwit his own bodyguard. Hail to the Chief I was satisfied, damnably satisfied—your pardon, Uniacke—with my work, and I was heedless of all else. Tongues of Conscience The critics treated me generously enough, but it hung fire damnably at first. The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts He was weak, damnably weak; and for years he had admired himself, detachedly, as a man of pride. The Place of Honeymoons "She's too damnably clever," he kept saying to himself, "too damnably clever." The Creators A Comedy If ever I destroy myself, it will be in the bitterness of hearing those infernal and damnably good old times extolled. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 It counts damnably, I can tell you that. The Dark Tower She was far too clever—damnably clever, Mary Ogden, and had a reputation for it in European Society as well as for beauty—to get herself compromised. Black Oxen "She looks most damnably familiar," was the reluctant admission. Blackbeard: Buccaneer And he took up her last book just to see again how damnably clever she was. The Creators A Comedy “O God, if I weren’t so damnably young!” he cried to himself, beating his clenched hand against his brow. Mr. Opp All students recollect Aubrey's description of him as one whose blemish or 'næve it was that he was damnably proud.' Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography "Delightful weather we are having," says he, breaking in upon a somewhat awkward pause, "though they do tell me the country needs rain most damnably!" The Honourable Mr. Tawnish And I... what a damnably unpleasant and quick intuition of women's ways my old dad has! The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 When they do they'll make things damnably unpleasant for any one who's suspected of being German or even remotely connected with Germany. Gossamer 1915 Do you think you can make me feel it any more damnably than I do? The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play A patron of literature, 53-5; deference to Earl of Leicester, 56-7; befriends Earl of Oxford, 57; 'damnably proud,' 58; passion for management, 59. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography I warn you, the girl is damnably convincing. The Tyranny of the Dark It was so damnably unnerving he was afraid of losing all emotional control. The Sky Trap "A damnably pleasant evening, M. Struboff," and I caught him by the arm, dragged him from his stool, and carried him off to the table with me. The King's Mirror But so far, it’s simple enough—damnably simple.” The Squirrel-Cage It's going to be a real comfort for us to have them, and something more than a pleasure, and if you don't let 'em come—well, we'll be most damnably disappointed!' The Heart of Unaga I passed our hospital a few minutes ago, and I thought it was about to blaze; the smoke came out of the windows, chimney, doors, and every little crack so damnably. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac He communicated to the rest of the household his vaguely forcible impression that something had gone damnably wrong with the affairs of “her father in London.” Chance A Tale in Two Parts I forget sometimes to be unhappy in reflecting that I am damnably ridiculous. The King's Mirror But ye gods! she was short, damnably short, and in ten years she would be fat, damnably fat! Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers I treated you damnably, but—but you know, it was on account of her, really. Fair Harbor Such flare-ups occurred, perhaps, only once or twice in a century on Earth; the trouble was that they were so utterly, damnably permanent. The Vortex Blaster The leading usher is tortured damnably by doubts as to where the party should go. A Book of Burlesques She was so clean, so cool, so damnably self-possessed. The Wind Bloweth Hugh had jumped to her idea, but he adopted it only to provide: "It might if he didn't now wear goggles, so to say!—clapped on him too hard by Pappendick's so damnably perverse opinion." The Outcry I am damnably obliged to that recruiting fellow—what is his wretched Scotch name—oh, McClure—for signalling such a treasure to a man who can appreciate her. Patsy "It's damnably unfair that a story of that sort should be circulated about you—and the blackguard who's responsible deserves a heavy punishment for the lie." Afterwards "My God!" he exclaimed, "I don't think I've ever said such a damnably mean and caddish thing before—and to you!" The Tyranny of Weakness And most damnably crushing thought of all, why had she not had the common decency after all to come and see him this morning? A Little Traitor to the South A War Time Comedy With a Tragic Interlude “How can you expect any piece of machinery to go well, so damnably knocked about as a midshipman is?” replied our hero. Mr. Midshipman Easy “Very good certificates, indeed,” observed he, “only hear— “First.—This is to certify, that Hommajee Baba served the gun-room mess of his Majesty’s ship Flora, and cheated us most damnably. The King's Own I grant you that to be bullied and beaten down is damnably unpleasant discipline, even when set off against the pleasure of fooling such a fellow as Colt. Brother Copas His bones itched inside and he was damnably uncomfortable, but he was alive. The Colors of Space You lie damnably, in your stinking teeth, all of you! Space Viking Now, to some people that sort of talk sounds all very well on paper, but as Mr. Wells and everyone ought to know, it is damnably different in practice. Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards The rising generation wants a new dictionary, damnably. John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts The girl was damnably clever, for she gave us only the things we already knew, and but few new facts; knowing that she would inevitably die soon, she talked—but it was empty talk. Invaders from the Infinite It begins to look to me," said he, "as if this young fellow had been most damnably backbitten. Under Fire After this he faced his hostess again with the exclamation: "It's so foolish—it's so damnably foolish!" The Tragic Muse The joke's good enough in a broad way, sun and moon and the image of God, and all that, but they keep it up so damnably long. The Napoleon of Notting Hill But let us own that she had sinned,—almost damnably, almost past forgiveness. Can You Forgive Her? The lash of the ringmaster is swift, and it stings damnably.... A Book of Prefaces But my wife was ill there, and things went wrong again—damnably. The Fruit of the Tree The air that, to the others, quivered so damnably, so insufferably around the boat under a sky without shade, swam around me like incense.… Foe-Farrell They persecuted the girls in charge most damnably. The Loom of Youth Nothing could be more damnably false than this accusation. Can You Forgive Her? That he had picked up a talent for that dazzling style, so sweet to the ear, so damnably persuasive, so crystal-clear! A Book of Prefaces "It was a trick, and it trapped us most damnably!" he cried. The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis As Belloc wrote in a beautiful epitaph— "He frequently would flush with fear when other people paled, He Tried to Do his Duty . . . but how damnably he failed." Gilbert Keith Chesterton And so a subconscious love of notoriety drove Gordon on to play the fool for a whole term most damnably. The Loom of Youth The stuff that I was made of was at once damnably tough and devilishly pliant. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 That night, when I got your note telling me what you had done, I did a damnably foolish thing. Parrot & Co. It is wicked, damnably wicked that our lads through ignorance should be allowed to slip into sins which in themselves are deadly, but which also open the door to deadlier sins.… With Our Soldiers in France There was something so damnably uncanny in their appearance, and so startling, that a cold sweat broke out over me, and I snapped my rifle to the present. S.O.S. Stand to! "They don't deserve it—but it's damnably true that they get it," he mused, irrelevantly. The Shield of Silence When they went up the line Rutherford was damnably cool and efficient, a fatalist who went about his grim business unmoved. The Hidden Places "And remember this," he said, "my complaint is that you have been false to me,—damnably false; not that you have fallen in love with this young lady or with that." Phineas Finn The Irish Member He was proud, fierce, pale, and looked damnably handsome and wicked. The House by the Church-Yard "We need help in nearly all our buildings-up, and how often, how damnably often, we don't get it!" Bella Donna A Novel Of course he had always known that it must end some time, but while he drifted damnably he had not given much thought to that. The Shield of Silence It was a damnably exciting game—far beyond polo or even slaying long-haired tigers in Manchuria—and he would play it and bluff without a card in his hand. The Man and the Moment The village had been damnably shelled—that I had expected—and there was not a soul to be seen. Adventures of a Despatch Rider It made my hand shake so damnably for a week afterwards that I couldn't paint. A Comedy of Masks A Novel I liked the Dandies; they were always very civil to me, though in general they disliked literary people, and persecuted and mystified Madame de Staël, Lewis, * * * *, and the like, damnably. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals He looked at her sitting across the little table from him, so slender and still—a different Cynthia but damnably desirable. The Plastic Age She's pretty, I confess, but most damnably honest; have a care of her, I warn you, for she's prying and malicious. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 "The fool who complains that his life is empty is blind and deaf and—damnably thick—er—pardon me, I—er nearly got excited." The Definite Object A Romance of New York "I'll do what I am compelled to, and no more," was the response; "if the commissioner thinks I'm going to act the spy on your movements he's damnably mistaken, I can tell him." The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia It is the record of ghastly undeceiving,—of the details of a system so wantonly, brutally, damnably unjust, inhuman, and degrading, that it blights the country, paralyzes civilization, and vitiates human nature itself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 He made wry faces, passed his thick tongue around his dry mouth—oh, so damnably dry!—and pressed the palms of his hands to his pounding temples. The Plastic Age The business has increased so damnably—this dispensation of justice I mean—on my hands, that my stable yard resembles a fives court rather than anything else I know. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two In the first place, it will be damnably dull. The Ragged Edge The truth was, this Ranger Service was hateful to the free-and-easy Texan who lived by anything except hard and honest work, and it was damnably hateful to the lawless class. The Rustlers of Pecos County It was devilish lucky, though, I overheard that plan of theirs, or the Captain would have been victimized—damnably—ay, damnably—if it be swearing—and a capital crime at Fidlington School. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Love in '76 An Incident of the Revolution That I love you, most dearly; and hate the French, most damnably. The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol II. With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters By Distinguished Characters If I broke faith with her entirely, it would be too damnably cowardly. The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith But the whole table, they admitted, had been to blame, and pretty damnably. Lady Good-for-Nothing The nerves like taut strings; love turned into homicidal hatred; and the radiator damnably tapping, tapping!... Your United States Impressions of a first visit The seat moved towards him with jerks, at one time arriving most damnably on his shins, and at another throwing him into a sitting position on to the ground. Tell England A Study in a Generation Unless she does, I must go through it all again, and it's damnably fatiguing. Father Stafford At Selsey they will be very damnably in the way, and I don't at all know what I shall do with them at Selsey. A Christmas Garland A painful process, I'll grant you, and damnably tedious; but they came to it in the end, and so in the end, maybe, will poor imitative man. Lady Good-for-Nothing The plan had been sound enough: it was the accomplishment of the plan that had been so damnably rotten. The Devil's Garden We had some poor chaps in who were damnably knocked about, and one could do a lot for them in roundabout ways. Simon Called Peter Then keep thy circle, For I am a spirit wild that flies about thee, And who e're thou art, if thou be'st humane, I'le let thee plainly know, I am cheated damnably. Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) "It's damnably impudent," he cried, with, sudden anger. A Daughter of To-Day "The world's so damnably new," he muttered, "so choked up with fool ideas." His Family Those creatures that draw me you never would mind, If you'd but look on your own Pharaoh's lean kine; They're taken for spectres, they're so meagre and spare, Drawn damnably low by your sorrel mare. The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 He was damnably tolerant, and I said nothing. The Range Dwellers But he had made it clear, "damnably clear," as he has stated it, that the only obstacle to his marrying her was his own will. Katrine But in every way he suggested a bad, a damnably bad, character. Flames I forgot to mention that we're nickel steel, with a coal capacity of sixty tons in most damnably placed bunkers, and that thirty and a quarter knots is about our top. Widdershins No, I'm damnably truthful; just because it makes me wonder at you all the more. The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery I want to be some use in this rotten world where people are so damnably cruel to each other. The Tree of Heaven He would make it clear to her, "damnably clear," he said to himself, with a set chin. Katrine O extraordinary and magnificent pleasure for the Parents, when they see that their son, in so short a time, is so damnably advanced! The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple "A damnably cruel and heartless woman!" said Bernard with deliberation. The Lamp in the Desert I'm damnably hard up, as your worthy fiancé has probably divined. The Rocks of Valpre I should funk it most damnably, if I thought about it. The Tree of Heaven He could see her lounging idly in the big chair opposite, so damnably sure of herself and amused. The Dark House He was being most damnably himself; his demeanour was as faultless as his dress. The Pretty Lady His criticism of Sir Isaac was that the man was too damnably sure of himself. The Roll-Call In another month he wrote, "entre nous a certain great man is most damnably deficient." The True George Washington [10th Ed.] In books, yes!" said Father Payne; "but in daily life we are all so damnably afraid of the truth—that's what is the matter with us, and it is that which journalism caters for. Father Payne Bill, old boy, it was cruel--damnably cruel, but I had a big job for you and I had to find out a lot of things about you before I entrusted you with that job. The Go-Getter She believed them to be damnably cleverer than any other people on earth, and especially than the English. The Pretty Lady I think that you have behaved damnably, and that I have punished you. Mr. Scarborough's Family It seems, you know me then:—Well, if thou should'st prove one of my cast mistresses, I would use thee most damnably, for offering to make me love thee twice. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 He keeps a damnably suspicious watch over his door. Eastern Shame Girl We had some Ladies aboard, that were so extremely sick, that they often wished for Death, but were damnably afraid of being drown'd. Gossip in a Library "I want you always to remember, Blanche, that I told you, here, and now, that, even if appearances may come to seem damnably against me, I am an innocent man." From out the Vasty Deep I think he is probably very wicked, but detestably—oh, damnably—clever. The Obstacle Race Well, in short, I was drunk; damnably drunk with ale; great hogan-mogan bloody ale: I was porterly drunk, and that I hate of all things in nature. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 Did you ever see the person before?"—"Curse it, Gines!" interrupted a third, "you are damnably out of luck. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are I've never had the least chance to think about it," he said, sitting up, "because I've always been so damnably beset by the facts of living. The Bent Twig I am sorry too," he said, "damnably sorry for Carlotta and for myself. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth "Oh, damnably!" he brought out with sudden bitterness. The Custom of the Country She has persuaded me so damnably, that I begin to think she's my mistress indeed. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 That I love you most dearly, and hate the French most damnably. The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Your courage is well disguised: you seem damnably afraid!’ Wuthering Heights "I repeat, your father was a very lucky man—a damnably lucky one." Wild Wings A Romance of Youth My life of my family fills up intervals, and should be an excellent book when it is done, but big, damnably big. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 Under the rose, it will help the stock damnably, for your mother was a barmaid. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 I had thought to play with him, and he had played most cunningly and damnably with me. Mr. Standfast And the best of it is, Hareton is damnably fond of me! Wuthering Heights Ryan received the ball through the collar of his coat, and M'Neil in the temple; he spun like a top: it was a most unexpected thing, and disappointed his friends damnably. The Purcell Papers — Volume 1 And I don't want you to look so damnably alluring about the feet. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise So then, all's out, and I have been damnably imposed on. She Stoops to Conquer Bullivant had said it would be damnably risky in the long run, but here was the end and I had never been in danger of anything worse than making a fool of myself. Mr. Standfast There's nothing strange in what I shall tell you, Nothing mysterious, nothing unearthly, — But damnably human, — and you shall hear it. Children of the Night "Oh I doubt if you are so damnably calm!" he cried. Laddie; a true blue story It was harder, oh, damnably harder, than he had expected! The Reef That 's a pretty trade for a fellow who has got his living to make and yet is so damnably constituted that he can't work to order, and considers that, aesthetically, clock ornaments don't pay! Roderick Hudson I had thought I ought in charity to let you approach me—that it was damnably selfish to torture you as I did my other friend. Jude the Obscure "She really is the most charming of all," such was the end of his reflections, "if only she weren't so damnably sensible." The Indian Lily and Other Stories Before Him who judges all, and knows all things—utterly and damnably false!' Wylder's Hand I don't see why one must look at all things in that damnably serious way. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I She might tell Toby or Markham, and the two might make themselves damnably unpleasant. Mr. Waddington of Wyck However bright the court's light may have appeared to the court, the place in which it was shining smelt damnably of oil. The Spread Eagle and Other Stories Well, let us say a blush-rose, but damnably run to seed, like the rest of us. The Amateur Gentleman "And is—she is frankly an animal—exquisitely preserved, damnably selfish, completely devoid of intellect, sugar manners, the senses of a harem houri—and the tenacity of a rat." The Price of Things And a company that sit together with dry throats always has been and always will be a damnably weary and boresome one—with which, as a rule, I'd care to have very little to do. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I We used to begin our drinking day at the same well of German damnably defiled, and we paced the same colonnade to the blare of the same well-fed band. Mr. Justice Raffles I promise you, I doubt damnably how things may go. The Highwayman Debt is a habit," he continued sententiously, "that grows on one most damnably, and creditors are the most annoying people in the world—so confoundedly unreasonable! The Amateur Gentleman I thought her action damnably theatrical, but still, it was not as though I could afford to waste money on rings, so I took the trinket absent-mindedly. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking That Wellington regarded Blücher's dispositions for battle as objectionable is proved by his blunt comment to Hardinge—"If they fight here they will be damnably licked!" Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places The plot was damnably patent: Roddy proving a menace to the Pack and requiring elimination, his murder had been decreed as well as that the blame for it should be laid at Lanyard's door. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama I beg ten thousand pardons, cousin Hester! but I am so damnably in earnest I can't pick and choose my phrases. Weighed and Wanting And, sir,—it is a bitter cud, cursedly so,—wherein the milk of human kindness is curdled, sir, curdled most damnably, my dear Beverley! The Amateur Gentleman Hark ye, Lady Galliard, I am damnably afraid you cannot bear Liquor well, you are so forward to leave good Company and a Bottle. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II And I am tired,—alas, I am damnably tired! Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes Reviewing it all, he thought to detect something too damnably adventitious in the way she had nailed him, back there in the corridor of Troyon's. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama I say that we are damnably beshit, since you give no heed at all to the equity of the plea, and the devil sings among you. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 He just unaccountably, illogically, and damnably couldn't stand it. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago A Civility-Master he should have been, to have taught us good Manners;—but the Cornuto cheated us most damnably, and by a willing mistake taught us nothing in the world but Wit. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II "No, sir," retorted Byrd, favoring his questioner with a withering stare, "I am a Bohemian, and damnably sorry that I ever have to see America again." The Nest Builder After you had been gone an hour or two I got moped damnably. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 And, to comply with her invitation, we crammed and twisted till we owned ourselves thoroughly cured of thirst, which before did damnably plague us. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 "And a damnably fine smock too, you lucky rascal." The Yeoman Adventurer Methinks, Signior, this Snuff stinks most damnably: pray, what scent do you call this? The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Aha!" he exclaimed, "seems something's matter wi' old mother earth, George—heaving damnably—up and down, George—unless it's my legs. Peregrine's Progress "Because," said the Colonel, deliberately, "that statement is infamously—yes, damnably to your discredit, sir!" The Best American Humorous Short Stories My hair still stands up an end when I think on't; and most damnably troubled I was there, for three very weighty reasons. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 Our ale goes to the head most damnably quick, let me tell you. The Yeoman Adventurer Heavens! this is Impudence: that Power I call to witness too, how damnably thou injur'st me. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Egad, I'm only just beginning to realise how damnably I miss her! Peregrine's Progress And off he trots home, and in a week or less I have to adopt his ridiculously ugly, obviously impracticable and damnably uncomfortable fashions—tight trousers and high collars, no doubt. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 29, 1917 It smelt damnably in the pot, but directly it was rubbed in this slight drawback disappeared. A Rogue by Compulsion But how damnably difficult it was to cover them! The Bars of Iron —Come swear, and be foresworn most damnably, Thou hast not yielded yet; say 'twas intended only, And though thou ly'st, by Heaven, I must believe thee; —Say,—hast thou—given him—all? The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Here is absolutely the most damnably mischievous thing I have seen for years, and this abominable sheet is featuring it on the Women's Page. Purple Springs It is due to him and to the good name of Italy, which has been damnably traduced by prejudiced and ignorant men, that the truth should be spoken. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement My face is rude and my speech harsh, and I am damnably prosaic. Salute to Adventurers I never drew any thing in my Life, but my Purse, and that most damnably against my will; oh, what shall I do? The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III So, my Comfort is, she has jilted him too most damnably. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II The remark was, that "the plot of 'The House of the Seven Gables' was—deepening damnably." Memories of Hawthorne There were, as a matter of course, some officers in the service who went far beyond the limits of such venial irregularities and, like Falstaff, "misused the king's press damnably." The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore "How can you expect any piece of machinery to go well, so damnably knocked about as a midshipman is?" replied our hero. Mr. Midshipman Easy "And a most damnably unpleasant sight it is." A Fool There Was Gad, I'm sorry we are so near akin, with all my Soul; for I'm damnably pleas'd with her. The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II He could not, would not believe it of her, and yet the circumstances were damnably convincing. The Rose in the Ring She informed me that provision would be made for me, but she made it very plain—damnably plain—that I was never to bother her again. Mr. Bingle Oh, I am again reminded that I want an explanation for your damnably improper conduct tonight, madam. Her Weight in Gold These Italian carriages get damnably hot with the afternoon sun on them, and the chances are that before the engine has pulled to the top of the gorge the clanking chain will have broken. Jacob's Room He was most damnably mysterious whenever I came over to the mill; he would wink at me in a respectful manner—as much as to say 'We know what we know.' Lord Jim Verily, no art is so damnably abused, as this same glorious, holy Musica, who, in her delicate being, is so easily desecrated. Hyperion "Yes, ha! ha!—and a damnably pretty filly into the bargain!" The Broad Highway But the worst of it is that every one around me is so damnably jealous. The Way We Live Now A sister, a mother, a promised lover, all false,—all so damnably, cruelly false! He Knew He Was Right And now they were friendly—oh, so damnably friendly! Lord Jim "Do you know that there's something damnably competent in you?" In the Wilderness And in his male spirit he felt himself hating her: hating her deeply, damnably. Aaron's Rod Whoever did originate them, they are damnably false. The Way We Live Now This wretched monk, he concluded, must have possessed a damnably intimate knowledge of Nepenthean conditions, and a cantankerous and crapulous turn of mind, into the bargain. South Wind He said they'd tried all ways to get him, but he'd given the slip to all the captains, all the colonels, all the majors, and they were all damnably mad with him. Under Fire: the story of a squad He had, he supposed, been what is called "true" to the woman who had given herself to him, but how damnably false he had been to himself that night! In the Wilderness But there was a damnably ironical and insubordinate look in his one eye. The Red Planet The accusations brought against me are damnably false. The Way We Live Now He is tried damnably; and much more strained Than I have ever seen him. The Dynasts I ask you again, what would she think, how would she feel—If you would only consent to see this baby, I know you'd realize how damnably mad and cruel you are. The First Man I was just caught by the senses, nothing else; and when she wrote to say it was all off between us my vanity suffered—suffered damnably, old chap. Simon the Jester See, see! he does the respective leer damnably well. Cynthia's Revels She seemed to me a very brave little fellow, damnably ill used, and I said, 'This is not to be borne. A Woman-Hater Shells were bursting damnably close, scattering us with dirt. Now It Can Be Told You will care for yourself most damnably and pity yourself most poignantly. The Sea-Hawk Macnamara's—'member old Mac, the Sapper, who played the fiddle so damnably at Umballa?—Mac's party was the last but one. Stalky & Co. Don't say I am utterly useless because I have been so useless to you, so damnably useless in the past. A Spirit in Prison He wrote of Washington at this time, to his friend Gates, as weak and "most damnably deficient." Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence It was vile—most damnably vile—he now opined. The Lion's Skin For a man working upon such slight data as he himself confesses," was the quiet comment, "he is damnably accurate. The Snare "Because," said the Colonel deliberately, "that statement is infamously—yes, damnably to your discredit, sir!" Openings in the Old Trail I desire damnably to extend all commercial things, and why? Soldiers Three - Part 2 And then too how cruelly, how damnably he had been used by the Duchess of Omnium! The Prime Minister "Anything more damnably atheistical than that book of yours I never read." Phyllis of Philistia I draw the line when she begins to rule the dry land—and such damnably dry land too—as in Africa. A Miscellany of Men From Milan his friend Alipius preceded him to Rome, and there “was damnably delighted” with the gladiatorial combats, being “made drunk with a delight in blood.” Adventures Among Books The thing had come to the ears of Governor Steed, who suffered damnably from the gout, and Governor Steed had borrowed the fellow from his purchaser. Captain Blood "You realize, I hope, that you have behaved damnably... damnably, and with the utmost ingratitude?" Scaramouche It isn't so utterly and damnably bad as you make out, you know. New Grub Street Possibly you were within your rights in protecting your bet in the manner you chose, but while I do not wish to be offensive, your reporters are damnably so. When a Man Marries "How can you be so damnably rude?" he said, turning upon his wife. An Unsocial Socialist My head aches so damnably that I am incapable of thought. Captain Blood He flung out his arms, "I'm so damnably helpless," he said, and then, to the picture, "Perhaps it's not as bad as it sounds; perhaps it is just my sensitiveness." In a German Pension "In fact, my feelings towards you seem to be utterly and damnably bad," he said energetically, although forced to keep his voice low. Night and Day "If I were not so damnably, hopelessly, idiotically in love with—somebody else, I should be crazy about you." When a Man Marries It was only the logic of youth, but it could hurt damnably at times. Adventure He had lived by her aid, and to leave her behind would be cruelly, damnably to miss her. The Beast in the Jungle He seemed so damnably satisfied with the way things were going. Joe Wilson and His Mates |
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