Perhaps the most damning review came from David Stubbs of the now-defunct Melody Maker.

The book made a brief appearance in the gossip columns when a damning review by Michael Dibdin, originally written for The Guardian, appeared instead in The Times.

Perhaps the most damning review he ever got was from the late Sean Dunne.

His Fringe show in 2006 attracted a damning one-star review by The Scotsman newspaper.

CBC News gave the movie and Thurber a damning review.

Wreszin thinks that Fried, unfairly forgotten as a result of Donald's damning review, had anticipated me on this point.

It has received some damning reviews while others were more than respectful.

In the public sector, the police, local councils and HM Revenue & Customs received the most damning reviews.

He was angry that the next day's Guardian was to carry a damning review of Etruscan Pots Reconsidered, and more angry that this was common knowledge.

Bad reviews by Updike sometimes caused controversy, as when in late 2008 he gave a "damning" review of Toni Morrison's novel A Mercy.