All 9 Uses of
condemn
in
Night
- By ten o'clock, all the condemned were outside.
Chpt 1condemned = forced into an undesired activity or situation -- such as to legally sentence someone to punishment OR found guilty -- especially in court OR provided the means to find guilty
- There were no longer any questions of wealth, of social distinction, and importance, only people all condemned to the same fate — still unknown.
Chpt 1
- Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself.
Chpt 3
- In one ultimate moment of lucidity it seemed to me that we were damned souls wandering in the half-world, souls condemned to wander through space till the generations of man came to an end, seeing their redemption, seeking their oblivion without hope of finding it.
Chpt 3
- They came back with the condemned man between them.
Chpt 4
- According to the law ... prisoner Number... is condemned to death.
Chpt 4 *condemned = sentenced (assigned legal punishment)
- At a sign from the head of the camp, the Lagerkapo advanced toward the condemned man.
Chpt 4condemned = forced into an undesired activity or situation -- such as to legally sentence someone to punishment OR found guilty -- especially in court OR provided the means to find guilty
- When the selection came, he was condemned in advance, offering his own neck to the executioner.
Chpt 5
- Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth.
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(condemn as in: was condemned to life in prison) force into an undesired activity or situation -- such as to legally sentence someone to punishment
or:
find guilty -- especially in court (and sometimes to death)
or:
provide the means of finding guilty