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verb

past tense of condemn
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as in sentenced
to impose a judicial punishment on a stern judge who does not hesitate to condemn a felon to life behind bars

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Recent Examples of condemned
Verb
Barry Jefferson, president of the NAACP Arkansas State Conference, has condemned the Sanders ad for reducing low-income people to a stereotype where poverty is seen as a flaw. — Laura Turbay, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Jim Desmond, a Republican running for an open congressional seat representing parts of San Diego County, condemned the remarks on social media. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 Chestnut condemned the party and its nominee, David Jolly, for failing to include an ethnic minority on the Democratic ticket. — Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 But Clark also forcefully condemned the attacks directed at Thomas. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 After Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Seoul condemned Moscow and joined Western sanctions against Russia. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 29 Sep. 2026 The State Department condemned the aid convoy strike without naming who was responsible. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill, who is also vice president of the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party, condemned the decision. — Amanda Ferguson Reuters, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for condemned
Adjective
  • As a forbidden attraction grows between the two men, tragedy unleashes supernatural forces upon their deeply religious community.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Their forbidden love leads the Jade Emperor to decree their separation on opposite sides of the Milky Way.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The fashion publication 1 Granary chimed in, suggesting that a number of industry figures who denounced the collection would later shop it.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Abraham and Szor, both Israeli filmmakers, have been denounced as traitors in Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself has threatened to revoke their citizenship.
    — Justin Chang, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Osborn has been traveling across Nebraska to hold meetings in all 93 counties and has repeatedly criticized Ricketts for not holding town halls to meet with constituents.
    — NICHOLAS INGRAM, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Hinojosa has campaigned on her tenure as a civil rights lawyer and criticized Abbott’s crime policies as violating civil liberties.
    — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Raman has been endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America, which censured her in 2024 for seeking and accepting the endorsement of Democrats For Israel-Los Angeles, a Zionist group.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Imbroglio over a night at town hall Carney was censured by the Mooresville Board of Commissioners after revelations that a town hall video reportedly shows him without pants on and a woman present on a late night in October 2024.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Hasan was convicted of carrying out the attack, which killed 14 people at the Texas military base, including an unborn baby, before a military jury and was sentenced to death in 2013.
    — Robert Blankenship, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The White House has formally sent Congress proposed legislation that would impose mandatory minimum sentences on those convicted of fraud involving federal benefit programs, according to a copy of it seen by Semafor.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Ramanan entered a plea agreement last year and was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Nearly a year later, Brazil’s courts convicted Eduardo of coercion and sentenced him to four years and two months in prison.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • It’s been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state — and the black market dominates.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • King Henry’s laws adamantly forbade chattel slavery, outlawed colonialism, and created an economically robust, financially solvent Black state, one not dependent on the transatlantic slave trade.
    — Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nuñez defended police tactics despite a growing number of severe injuries blamed on officers' riot-control weapons.
    — NICOLAS GARRIGA, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than point to the comments, however, Cruz blamed fans who attempted to force their way through the entrance of the stadium before the game.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Condemned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condemned. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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