How to Use condemn in a Sentence

condemn

verb

• The country condemns the use of violence on prisoners.
• The school condemns cheating, and any student caught cheating will be expelled.
• City officials condemned our apartment building and forced us to leave.
• The government condemns all acts of terrorism.
• We strongly condemn this attack against our allies.
• The pardon has been condemned by members of both parties in its breadth and because the president had pledged not to pardon his son.
  — Forbestv, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
• Hailey Bieber is the latest celeb to condemn antisemitism in the wake of Kanye West‘s recent string of hateful rhetoric.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2022
• The move was quickly condemned by Republicans, who accused Biden of abusing his powers at the expense of justice.
  — Mike Lillis, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
• Facing pressure to condemn the legislation, Disney did not denounce it at first, upsetting employees and fans.
  — Katie Rice, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2022
• The official added that the document condemned the healthcare industry for prioritizing profits over care.
  — Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
• The story does build, in its second act, to an unsettlingly persuasive indictment of a society that teaches even its youngest members to hate, condemn and destroy women.
  — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was quick to condemn the attack as antisemitic.
  — Angus Watson, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
• As leaders from across the political spectrum rushed to condemn the attack, Mr. Pelosi underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and other injuries.
  — Holly Secon, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• The store and both apartments above have been condemned.
  — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2019
• Anybody that wants to condemn me and put me down, go for it.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
• Props to you for wanting to help her rather than condemn her.
  — cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
• There are a lot of aid groups lining up to condemn this strike.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 28 May 2024
• But that’s no reason to condemn them to the compost heap come fall.
  — Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
• He was found guilty and was condemned to be hanged, drawn, and quartered.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 22 May 2020
• Now a crowd had gathered on that same land to condemn what had been done.
  — Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2022
• Democrats and voting rights groups were quick to condemn the bill.
  — Nick Corasaniti, New York Times, 29 May 2021
• In his post, Rodriguez-Kennedy called on Munguia to condemn the ad.
  — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2021
• But Friedberg isn’t here to condemn the band or the album.
  — Cecilia Gigliotti, Longreads, 6 Mar. 2022
• Some choose to ignore it, or condemn those who speak out against it.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 24 June 2022
• The trip was condemned by those who oppose the regime and its brutal practices.
  — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• The rebuke condemned the cobbler to walk the earth forever.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 July 2017
• And those in the news media who were quick to condemn Ujiri as the instigator.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2020
• Others said the city had a clear right to condemn the house on behalf of a public project.
  — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022
• City inspectors have condemned the place and added the address to the list of structures that are to be razed.
  — Brenda Cain, cleveland.com, 29 Dec. 2017
• Nine of the men pictured here were condemned to what amounted to a life sentence.
  — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 9 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024