All 11 Uses of
denounce
in
Invisible Man by Ellison
- The room filled with the uproar of laughter until, no doubt, distracted by having to gulp down my blood, I made a mistake and yelled a phrase I had often seen denounced in newspaper editorials, heard debated in private.†
Chpt 1
- I wanted to stop the car and talk with Mr. Norton, to beg his pardon for what he had seen; to plead and show him tears, unashamed tears like those of a child before his parent; to denounce all we'd seen and heard; to assure him that far from being like any of the people we had seen, I hated them, that I believed in the principles of the Founder with all my heart and soul, and that I believed in his own goodness and kindness in extending the hand of his benevolence to helping us poor,…†
Chpt 4
- His rivals would denounce him as a bad example for the South.†
Chpt 13
- His hoodlums would attack and denounce the white meat of a roasted chicken.†
Chpt 17
- I had blown up and acted personally instead of denouncing the significance of the dolls, him, the obscene idea, and seizing the opportunity to educate the crowd.†
Chpt 21
- We distributed black-bordered leaflets, denouncing the police commissioner.†
Chpt 21
- I sent out members to mingle with crowds and try to discourage any further violence and sent an open letter to all the press denouncing them for "distorting" and inflating minor incidents.†
Chpt 24
- ...they denounced the American scene as corrupt and degenerate,
Chpt 24 *denounced = strongly and publicly criticized
- So it is that now I denounce and defend, or feel prepared to defend.†
Chpt Epil.
- I condemn and affirm, say no and say yes, say yes and say no. I denounce because though implicated and partially responsible, I have been hurt to the point of abysmal pain, hurt to the point of invisibility.†
Chpt Epil.
- So I denounce and I defend and I hate and I love.†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
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(denounce) to strongly criticize or accuse publicly
or more rarely: to inform against someone (turn someone into the authorities)