dern
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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“The dern thing sold one million records,” Haymes said, chuckling.
From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2016
But it’s time we stopped being so dern polite.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2013
But looking dern and being it are entirely different things.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Careening downhill, bumping over rocks and dried mud holes, we like to shook apart before we got the dern wagon under control.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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I didn’t hear anything myself except that dern dog barking.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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