All 12 Uses of
condemn
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- In every line of the narrative he had heard, he had heard his condemnation.†
Chpt 3.13condemnation = expression of strong criticism
- Before it had set in dark on the night of his condemnation, he had travelled thus far on his last way.†
Chpt 3.13 *
- If your business necessitated your seeing "the House," you were put into a species of Condemned Hold at the back, where you meditated on a misspent life, until the House came with its hands in its pockets, and you could hardly blink at it in the dismal twilight.†
Chpt 2.1
- They whisper at the fountain, that although condemned to death he will not be executed; they say that petitions have been presented in Paris, showing that he was enraged and made mad by the death of his child; they say that a petition has been presented to the King himself.†
Chpt 2.15
- and condemned as a traitor.†
Chpt 3.1
- Everybody says it is but one of several, and that there will be others—if there are not already—banishing all emigrants, and condemning all to death who return.†
Chpt 3.1
- Every day, through the stony streets, the tumbrils now jolted heavily, filled with Condemned.†
Chpt 3.5
- All the fifteen were condemned, and the trials of the whole occupied an hour and a half.†
Chpt 3.6
- So quick was the Tribunal to compensate itself and the nation for a chance lost, that these five came down to him before he left the place, condemned to die within twenty-four hours.†
Chpt 3.6
- Her mind pursued them, looking for him among the Condemned; and then she clung closer to his real presence and trembled more.†
Chpt 3.7 *
- Any one carried home by the people to-day, may be condemned tomorrow.†
Chpt 3.8
- But, I was again taken and condemned.†
Chpt 3.13
Definitions:
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(1)
(condemn as in: She condemned their plan) express strong criticism
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(2)
(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)
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provide the means of finding guilty -
(3)
(condemn as in: condemned the building) an official government finding that a building is not suitable to be occupied
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In law, condemn can also refer to a legal real estate procedure in which the government forces someone to sell property to the government.