All 8 Uses of
condemn
in
Gone with the Wind
- And Melanie, bursting into tears of self-condemnation, fled the room, leaving Scarlett to a tearless bed, with wounded pride, disillusionment and jealousy for bedfellows.†
Chpt 2.16condemnation = expression of strong criticism
- "Shall we let the bugles sing truce?" he smiled down at her, a wide flashing smile that had impudence in it but no shame for his own actions or condemnation for hers.†
Chpt 4.36
- She hated the Carpetbaggers and Scallawags who were getting rich with ease while she struggled, but she said nothing in condemnation of them.†
Chpt 4.38
- "Yes," answered Scarlett fiercely, ready to pounce upon the old lady at the first words of condemnation.†
Chpt 4.40 *
- But when she brought about the death of Frank and Tommy and jeopardized the lives of a dozen other men, their dislike flamed into public condemnation.†
Chpt 4.47
- She could not endure the tears of the one, the silent condemnation of the other.†
Chpt 5.62
- Scarlett had always liked Atlanta for the very same reasons that made Savannah, Augusta and Macon condemn it.†
Chpt 2.8
- That fact was evident, in every line of him, in every bitter, self-condemnatory word, in his resentment at her bearing Frank's child.†
Chpt 4.41
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)
or:
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.