How to Use condemnation in a Sentence

condemnation

noun
  • The plan has drawn condemnation from both sides.
  • The government's statement was a condemnation of all acts of terrorism.
  • But the show is billed as a salute to bad gifts, rather than a condemnation of them.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The deaths in the spring of 2021, in the southwestern Ontario city of London, shocked the country and drew condemnation.
    Paul Vieira, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Some are singling out the pay raise in their condemnations.
    Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The move is part of a hard-line shift drawing condemnation from rights activists.
    Rahim Faiez, ajc, 22 May 2022
  • But it was also met with condemnation from some, including the hosts of The View.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 June 2024
  • The militant group’s move has drawn condemnations from the US and the European Union.
    Shafi Kakar, CNN, 5 June 2023
  • The march drew the condemnation of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
    CBS News, 2 July 2022
  • The city filed a condemnation lawsuit against the Lodge, and in April 2020, asked the court for and received an order of possession.
    Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The issues differ but the target of our condemnation is always the same: not us.
    Erica Ariel Fox, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Her answer, though, drew condemnation far and wide due to her omission of slavery as the war’s driving cause.
    David Mark, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Healy’s actions have drawn a mixture of praise and condemnation.
    Nick Reilly, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
  • Where is the condemnation from the religious and spiritual leaders of the five faiths of the hostages still being held?
    TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
  • In some parts of the country, Jan. 6 rioters came home to condemnation.
    Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The publication of the draft triggered protests outside the high court and condemnation from Biden and his party.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
  • The comments amount to some of the sternest condemnation from a fellow Republican.
    Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • To my mind, this is a savage condemnation not so much because of the violence, but because of the meetings.
    Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Democrats have already used the most severe kinds of language and condemnation.
    ABC News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • To see condemnation in this series is to differ, slightly, from many readings of Swarm thus far.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The crackdown has drawn strong condemnation from the United States and EU officials.
    Sophiko Megrelidze, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
  • She was drowned out by a chorus of condemnation for her inflammatory use of the R-word.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Swartzberg said that he’s seen both praise and condemnation for the new guidance among health professionals.
    John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • News of the strike prompted condemnations from the Biden administration the next day.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The severity of the condemnation in the new federal citation was not matched by the penalty.
    WIRED, 18 Jan. 2023
  • His posts on the subject drew condemnation from the White House and led to an exodus of advertisers.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
  • However, in the face of growing condemnation and the fact that the U.S. is a supplier of arms which are used in Gaza, this all combined creates a lot of pressure for Biden.
    Abc News, ABC News, 28 May 2024
  • This contest served as a condemnation of Belichick’s decision to turn the offense over to football’s Frick and Frack.
    Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • In 2021, while making a pro forma condemnation of church burnings, Trudeau still gave a tacit moral endorsement.
    The Editors, National Review, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The word has drawn condemnation from critics who say it is linked to antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jewish people.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2025

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