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.