All 6 Uses of
condemn
in
Main Street
- She saw the furniture as a circle of elderly judges, condemning her to death by smothering.†
Chpt 4
- Solid though his enthusiasms were in the matter of medicine—his admiration of this city surgeon, his condemnation of that for tricky ways of persuading country practitioners to bring in surgical patients, his indignation about fee-splitting, his pride in a new X-ray apparatus—none of these beatified him as did motoring.†
Chpt 16
- She sought to be sensible; she elaborately explained to herself that it was hysterical to condemn Gopher Prairie because it did not foam over the drama.†
Chpt 18
- What are these unheard-of sins you condemn so much—and like so well?†
Chpt 32 *
- That isn't meant as a condemnation of Gopher Prairie, and it may be a condemnation of me.†
Chpt 36
- That isn't meant as a condemnation of Gopher Prairie, and it may be a condemnation of me.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(condemn as in: She condemned their plan) express strong criticism