How to Use godforsaken in a Sentence
godforsaken
adjective- Who would want to visit such a godforsaken place?
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But even simple mercies prove elusive in these godforsaken parts.
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Justin Chang,
latimes.com,
21 June 2018
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She's seen at last, but in a godforsaken way, an object of ridicule, forever on the internet.
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Virginia Heffernan,
Wired,
18 Aug. 2020
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Erin and their two young children are none too happy about idling while awaiting repairs at a godforsaken motel in the middle of nowhere with an empty pool and the only place to eat a dismal Subway restaurant.
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Peter Keough,
BostonGlobe.com,
12 May 2022
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The latter seems to be the major force ruling over a godforsaken corner of Ireland where, in one of the film’s gorier sequences, dozens upon dozens of sheep are illicitly slaughtered so their hind legs can be sold for cheap meat.
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Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Anchored by the tenderness of Comer’s performance (the actress’ movie star glamour futilely undermined by a godforsaken pageboy cut), Sister Brigid offers herself as proof that old wounds can be tended into blooming gardens of love, and Robin is thus inspired to rewrite his own legend.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
11 June 2026
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