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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While he's incarcerated, George's son Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), who has reluctantly taken over the running of his father's company, is forced to keep Kitty on the payroll to prevent her from revealing damning information about George to the SEC.
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Erin Clack, People.com, 31 May 2025
In parallel, Bleeker Street Research published a damning analysis of Aurora (funds managed by Bleecker Street are short Aurora Innovation).
—Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The act of violence, so viscerally damning, is not in the Strindberg.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Having declared that Combs was a heavy drug user and a resorted to domestic violence in their opening statement on May 12, the defense tend to treat the damning footage as an example of a consensual entanglement, noting that Combs did eventually let Ventura leave the Intercontinental hotel.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 May 2025
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Erin Clack, People.com, 31 May 2025
In parallel, Bleeker Street Research published a damning analysis of Aurora (funds managed by Bleecker Street are short Aurora Innovation).
—Richard Bishop, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The act of violence, so viscerally damning, is not in the Strindberg.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Having declared that Combs was a heavy drug user and a resorted to domestic violence in their opening statement on May 12, the defense tend to treat the damning footage as an example of a consensual entanglement, noting that Combs did eventually let Ventura leave the Intercontinental hotel.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 May 2025
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“Damning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damning. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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