All 8 Uses of
condemn
in
Jane Eyre
- Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned?†
Chpt 2
- Mrs. Reed surveyed me at times with a severe eye, but seldom addressed me: since my illness, she had drawn a more marked line of separation than ever between me and her own children; appointing me a small closet to sleep in by myself, condemning me to take my meals alone, and pass all my time in the nursery, while my cousins were constantly in the drawing-room.†
Chpt 4
- Yet at that moment Helen Burns wore on her arm "the untidy badge;" scarcely an hour ago I had heard her condemned by Miss Scatcherd to a dinner of bread and water on the morrow because she had blotted an exercise in copying it out.†
Chpt 7
- Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot.†
Chpt 12
- It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.†
Chpt 12
- I have not yet said anything condemnatory of Mr. Rochester's project of marrying for interest and connections.†
Chpt 18
- Then you condemn me to live wretched and to die accursed?†
Chpt 27 *
- "All men must die," said a voice quite close at hand; "but all are not condemned to meet a lingering and premature doom, such as yours would be if you perished here of want."†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(condemn as in: She condemned their plan) express strong criticism