How to Use condemnation in a Sentence

condemnation

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  • The plan has drawn condemnation from both sides.
  • The government's statement was a condemnation of all acts of terrorism.
  • 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
  • The militant group’s move has drawn condemnations from the US and the European Union.
    — Shafi Kakar, CNN, 5 June 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
  • The comments amount to some of the sternest condemnation from a fellow Republican.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • To see condemnation in this series is to differ, slightly, from many readings of Swarm thus far.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • In the Theory of Moral Sentiments, there is a harsh condemnation of slavery on moral grounds (see chapters 7 and 8 here).
    — Iain Murray, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
  • News of the arrest drew swift condemnation from county leaders.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • His condemnations have more to do with politics than piety or any sense of morality.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The law’s enactment three months ago drew widespread condemnation and threats of sanctions.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Now, many of those same companies are under pressure to issue equal condemnations of the bloodshed in Gaza.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
  • What the right-leaning Utah senator gets wrong about his condemnation of Burning Man.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The condemnation did not remotely square with the divine questioning the film strives to represent.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
  • His death in one of Russia’s harsh prison colonies has sparked widespread condemnation around the world and allegations Putin had ordered the dissident killed.
    — Robert Hart, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Those comments, which Mr. Clyde said were taken out of context, drew widespread condemnation from Democrats.
    — Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The college responses also drew condemnation from the White House on Wednesday.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Government officials, media, team sponsors, and football fans across Spain and around the world have joined the chorus of condemnation.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The plan drew condemnation and pushback from advocates, who are strengthening their efforts to stop the closure.
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Therefore, the owner generally has the right of private condemnation for access, with payment of money to the landowner.
    — Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza refugee camp has drawn condemnation and fueled new anger about the civilian cost of its military operation.
    — Richie Duchon, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • If the vote passes on the resolution, Yoskowitz will be authorized to file a petition for condemnation on the property.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
  • The brutal act by his family’s landlord in a Chicago suburb drew condemnation from local officials and the White House.
    — Claire Savage, Melissa Perez Winder, and Sophia Tareen, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Video of the arrests of the two women drew condemnation to the small town of Wetumpka, a riverside community north of Montgomery best known for its legal hotel-casino.
    — Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 13 Apr. 2023
  • On one hand, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines have been unequivocal in their condemnation of the unrest in Myanmar, urging stronger measures against the junta.
    — Koh Ewe, TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The stunt made national news, brought condemnation from conservative Christians and raised questions by Democrats and secularists about why Bibles are kept at the lounge at all.
    — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2023
  • The Israeli strike drew threats of retaliation from Tehran’s leaders and condemnation from their Arab neighbors.
    — Missy Khamvongsa, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024

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