Get to know Condemn better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like declare or evidence.
Condemn in a sentence
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Condemn meaning
- To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
- To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
Synonyms of Condemn
Using Condemn
- The main meaning on this page is: To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate. | To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty. | To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
- Useful related words include: declare, evidence, demonstrate, manifest.
- In the example corpus, condemn often appears in combinations such as: to condemn, condemn the, condemn this.
Context around Condemn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Condemn
- In this selection, "condemn" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, violence, racism and crimes stand out and add context to how "condemn" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to condemn crimes against and again to condemn violence it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "condemn" sits close to words such as behave, dug and flynn, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with condemn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But, they condemn it in the open. (7 words)
Are you willing to condemn this as unsafe and potentially deadly? (11 words)
Asked whether she would condemn Forbes’s comments, Badenoch said: “No. (11 words)
After all, why should you have to work for a living when you support the right people, say the right things, think the right things and condemn your mutual enemies on news broadcasts and on (un)social media? (38 words)
And the visitors took the lead within a minute of the restart through Jake Reed, with Harvey Sayer, Dan White, Dave Hinton and Kyle Haylock also on target to condemn E's to a 5-0 defeat. (37 words)
Beijing has sought to project itself as neutral in the Ukraine conflict, even while it has refused to condemn Moscow’s actions and declared last year that it had a “no-limits” friendship with Russia. (35 words)
After all, why should you have to work for a living when you support the right people, say the right things, think the right things and condemn your mutual enemies on news broadcasts and on (un)social media? (38 words)
Are you willing to condemn this as unsafe and potentially deadly? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
If our city leaders can condemn racism, they certainly ought to be able to condemn crimes against Catholics.
He’s refused over and over again to condemn violence—it stands to reason that his refusal to condemn violence has encouraged it.
It’s not just the failure to condemn, it’s the failure to condemn because strategically he’s planning on unrest during the counting of mail votes.
But if we are going to condemn violent means of resisting the occupation, we cannot also condemn nonviolent means,” Omar said at a hearing on the resolution last week.
By failing to condemn these individuals, they fail to condemn their behavior.
After all, why should you have to work for a living when you support the right people, say the right things, think the right things and condemn your mutual enemies on news broadcasts and on (un)social media?
And Congresswoman Karen Medina (Partido de la Gente) said “I condemn any act of violence, any threat that can happen to a human being.
And the visitors took the lead within a minute of the restart through Jake Reed, with Harvey Sayer, Dan White, Dave Hinton and Kyle Haylock also on target to condemn E's to a 5-0 defeat.
And Trump, with an otherwise strong record in foreign policy and national security, still inexplicably can’t bring himself to condemn Putin.
Anything short of drastically reducing Russian influence in Ukraine will condemn the country to the same.
Are you willing to condemn this as unsafe and potentially deadly?
Asked whether she would condemn Forbes’s comments, Badenoch said: “No.
Beijing has sought to project itself as neutral in the Ukraine conflict, even while it has refused to condemn Moscow’s actions and declared last year that it had a “no-limits” friendship with Russia.
Bilawal emphasised that his govt can only hold talks with those who condemn terrorism and dissociate themselves from these political terrorists.
But he has no right to condemn fan behavior at games when he’s cursing at Grizzlies players and trying to fight them while being a spectator.
But the budget announced by Scottish finance minister Shona Robison instead delivered more huge cuts that stunned housing campaigners - which will condemn thousands to years of insecurity and danger.
But, they condemn it in the open.
China’s energy costs have surged and so has pressure on Beijing to condemn the invasion.
Civil society activists and members of the Christian community hold placards and crosses as they take part in a protest to condemn the attacks on churches in Pakistan, in Karachi, Aug. 18, 2023.
Cohen asked Borrell to condemn also the "pay for slay" policy of the Palestinian Authority (PA) — or paying stipends to families of Palestinian assailants imprisoned in Israel.
Common combinations with condemn
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to condemn 93×
- condemn the 63×
- condemn this 15×
- we condemn 15×
- strongly condemn 13×
- and condemn 11×
- condemn israel 9×
- must condemn 6×
- condemn it 6×
- condemn these 5×