On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Darned. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as blasted or cursed and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Darned meaning
simple past and past participle of darn
Synonyms of Darned
Using Darned
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of darn
- Useful related words include: blasted, cursed, infernal, goddamned.
- In the example corpus, darned often appears in combinations such as: pretty darned, be darned, so darned.
Context around Darned
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Darned
- In this selection, "darned" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 17.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pretty, gold, likely, good, careful and useful stand out and add context to how "darned" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also pretty darned impressive and are so darned good tips. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "darned" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with darned
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
How darned long is too long? (6 words)
And yet there's that darned oath. (7 words)
But we’re good citizens, darned it. (7 words)
Feel the sun on your face, observe the view, ferret amongst the students yourselves, have a snigger, wonder if you could write a book because there are so darned good tips for writers in these pages. (36 words)
I initially questioned Perry’s decision to have him sing the song again in a higher key, but I’ll be darned if she didn’t bring out an even better performance. (32 words)
It’s not quite like the two-fer we got with Bill and Hillary Clinton in 1992, but we’re getting darned close to having a package deal. (28 words)
How darned long is too long? (6 words)
Example sentences (19)
But be gold-darned careful before embracing the yellow brick road.
But if you can get past the aroma, you’ll find that rubbing alcohol is a darned useful thing to have around.
She was so darned perfect in every other way.
But pollen sounds like something that’s precious and rare — and darned hard to harvest.
She’s been pretty darned inclusive so far.
And yet there's that darned oath.
Feel the sun on your face, observe the view, ferret amongst the students yourselves, have a snigger, wonder if you could write a book because there are so darned good tips for writers in these pages.
I initially questioned Perry’s decision to have him sing the song again in a higher key, but I’ll be darned if she didn’t bring out an even better performance.
I’ll be darned if I didn’t distinctly hear what sounded like the boom of cannons.
It’s not expensive, offers some flavourful variety, and is quite likely darned good for you.
It’s not quite like the two-fer we got with Bill and Hillary Clinton in 1992, but we’re getting darned close to having a package deal.
This isn't the nicest thing, I suppose, but I'm weird: I thought from January (when we were busy with ) was pretty darned interesting.
And the infected dog sicced on Batman in the climax is also pretty darned impressive.
How darned long is too long?
It would be a darned shame if these characters became relegated into the dusty halls of the past.
But we’re good citizens, darned it.
Most of the taquerias around California that is standard and darned near perfect.
The Honor 7x’s display is pretty gosh-darned visible outdoors, but not overwhelmingly, mentionably so.
The well-to-do wore silk stockings for bathing; the less affluent had new, if not silk, bathing hosiery; and the penny pinchers wore old darned cast-offs.
Common combinations with darned
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pretty darned 4×
- be darned 3×
- so darned 2×
- and darned 2×
- darned good 2×
- darned if 2×