'And a damned poor map that is,' Thomas growled.

"And I'm a damned poor excuse for a lover if you couldn't tell just how much you pleased me."

This breaking-up-a-home business is a good cause for divorce and a damned poor excuse for murder.

"For a couple of Oakland veterans, we've made a damned poor showing today, Mama."

"This is a damned poor way of being present at a battle," he said to Mr Farquhar.

And if someone were playing a joke, it was in damned poor taste.

Until there just wasn't any response possible, and then she'd tell him he was a damned poor excuse for a man.

"This is a damned poor way for an economist to handle money."

By Crom, you show damned poor courtesy to a man who's been one of your own brotherhood.

"That's a damned poor way to live, Dan."