All 6 Uses of
condemn
in
David Copperfield
- Again, the dreaded Sunday comes round, and I file into the old pew first, like a guarded captive brought to a condemned service.†
Chpt 4-6
- And he takes,' said my mother, with the tears which were engendered in her affectionate nature, stealing down her face, 'he takes great pains with me; and I ought to be very thankful to him, and very submissive to him even in my thoughts; and when I am not, Peggotty, I worry and condemn myself, and feel doubtful of my own heart, and don't know what to do.'†
Chpt 7-9
- 'My love,' said Mr. Micawber, much affected, 'you will forgive, and our old and tried friend Copperfield will, I am sure, forgive, the momentary laceration of a wounded spirit, made sensitive by a recent collision with the Minion of Power — in other words, with a ribald Turncock attached to the water-works — and will pity, not condemn, its excesses.'†
Chpt 28-30
- I saw her features and her manner slowly change; I saw her look at him with growing admiration; I saw her try, more and more faintly, but always angrily, as if she condemned a weakness in herself, to resist the captivating power that he possessed; and finally, I saw her sharp glance soften, and her smile become quite gentle, and I ceased to be afraid of her as I had really been all day, and we all sat about the fire, talking and laughing together, with as little reserve as if we had…†
Chpt 28-30
- 'Miss Dartle,' I returned, 'you are surely not so unjust as to condemn ME!'†
Chpt 31-33 *
- 'I don't know all I have done, in my fatuity,' said Mr. Wickfield, putting out his hands, as if to deprecate my condemnation.†
Chpt 37-39
Definition:
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(condemn as in: She condemned their plan) express strong criticism