doom
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Synonyms for doom
Synonyms: Noun
finding, holding, judgment (or judgement), ruling, sentence
Synonyms: Verb
destine, fate, foredoom, foreordain, ordain, predestine, predetermine, preordain
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Examples of doom in a Sentence
Noun
The papers are filled with stories of gloom and doom. the story of a mysterious creature who lures travelers to their doomVerb
A criminal record will doom your chances of becoming a politician. had always felt that he was doomed to remain single forever
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Embracing the doom-and-gloom rhetoric of the Left isnât just bad statistics. — John Hood, National Review, "New Nationalists Make Three Big Bets," 28 Aug. 2019 High on our list of Good Fall Things (like apples, apple pie, apple cake) that make the impending doom of the end of summer more tolerable? — Bon AppĂ©tit, "The Fall Cookbooks We've Been Waiting All Summer For," 13 Aug. 2019 The lineup of apparent markers of doom are perhaps not entirely surprising. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Researchers are creepily close to predicting when youâre going to die," 21 Aug. 2019 The sense of doom is baked right into the title, promising an enemy who is finally strong enough to overcome our man. — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, "The definitive ranking of James Bond movie titles," 20 Aug. 2019 There is an air of doom hanging above Veronica Mars season 4. — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, "Is That Beloved Veronica Mars Character Really Gone? Hereâs Your Only Shred Of Hope," 23 July 2019 When Durant and Green had their wicked dustup Nov. 12 in Los Angeles, there were forecasts of doom. — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, "The Warriorsâ season crashed, but it was one to remember," 15 June 2019 Inside the presidentâs camp, the mood was doom-laden. — The Economist, "Argentina faces the prospect of another default," 17 Aug. 2019 The Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience, a live orchestral vision of the doom-laden score of the HBO series, plus projections and special effects, has visited Connecticut before, but timing is everything. — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, "Best bets for arts and entertainment in September," 13 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
In a still-crowded Democratic field, with time increasingly running out to break into the top tier of candidates, not qualifying for the debate could doom several candidacies. — Brian Slodysko, The Denver Post, "Fuzzy math: Presidential Democratic candidates spend big to draw small-dollar donors," 27 Aug. 2019 Is the concept of India forever doomed to be united only in supporting a cricket team? — Roshan Radhakrishnan, Quartz India, "If youâve watched âBlack-ish,â you know thereâll never be an Indian âDalit-ishâ or âMuslim-ishâ," 26 Aug. 2019 The series is centered around Diego Lunaâs doomed Rebel spy Cassian Andor introduced in 2016âs Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. — James Hibberd, EW.com, "Disney's Rogue One prequel series to start production next year," 24 Aug. 2019 If not, the Marvel and Spider-Man faithful will just have to hold out hope that split isnât the first sign that both franchises are doomed to disintegrate into dust. — Dan Reilly, Fortune, "Spider-Man Far From the MCU, As Sony-Disney Deal Flounders," 21 Aug. 2019 The move provoked widespread outrage and doomed Altgeldâs chances for reelection. — Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, "Column: What else Trump gets wrong about the âBla-goya-vickâ case," 15 Aug. 2019 The event organizers were exploiting young adherents of Objectivism as any number of Randâs fictional mouthpieces treated the contemptible untermenschen doomed to toil anonymously in the shadows of historyâs Great Men. — Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, "The Last of the Ayn Rand Acolytes," 14 Aug. 2019 If there is an opposite of show killer â that unbecoming term for actors whose mere presence can doom a pilot or TV series â it could rightly be named after Kirby Howell-Baptiste. — Michael O'connell, The Hollywood Reporter, "'The Good Place' Breakout Lands First Starring Role: "Kirby Is About to Become a Big Deal"," 7 Aug. 2019 Two of those goals came during their giant-killing two legged tie against AS Monaco in the Champions League, that well and truly doomed their season and that of manager Thierry Henry - one time Villa 'managerial target'. — SI.com, "Wesley Moraes: Why Aston Villa's New Brazilian Is the Bargain Signing of the Summer," 28 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'doom.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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