The damnable thing was how little anybody could do about it, at least until Blade retired.

"What is this damnable thing I hear about you meeting someone on the beach?"

What a damnable thing it was to be a woman, a girl.

And that was a damnable thing to be feeling at a time like this.

The damnable thing was that so few people knew it.

The damnable thing is, this all makes a great deal of sense.

The damnable thing is that I can't imagine what point he was trying to lead us away from.

That was the damnable thing: to know without knowing how he knew.

"It is a damnable thing to have to do business with old friends."

"The most damnable thing had happened," he said suddenly in his light husky voice without looking at her.