How to Use condone in a Sentence

condone

verb
Definition of condonenext
Synonyms for condonenext
  • Yet, perversely, his behavior is also condoned, even codified, by church and state.
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Zoë Kravitz is speaking out on the ongoing debate over whether someone can be a fan of a controversial artist’s work but not condone their actions.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2024
  • However, remaining quiet is the same as condoning bad behavior.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 17 Sep. 2024
  • And to be clear, most don't condone it on the left or right.
    — Anthony Salvanto, Kabir Khanna, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2022
  • The city doesn't maintain the skatepark but condones it.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • This time the master chief seemed to be able to condone my presence at the work end of the mop.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2016
  • But this wasn't to condone those who fall asleep in the audience.
    — Seth Fradkoff, Town & Country, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The team did not and will never condone this sort of behavior.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The ruling noted the SJC doesn't dispute the details of the case or condone what happened.
    — Steph Solis, Axios, 17 July 2024
  • We were very saddened by this news and do not condone his actions.
    — CBS News, 15 Oct. 2020
  • And in its name, Fanon tacitly condoned a lot of killing, and not just of people in uniform.
    — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
  • There’s no excuse for items promoting racist tropes to be peddled to the public nor for the rest of us to condone them.
    — Jeffrey L. Seglin, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Chappelle didn’t condone it, but argued that the backlash went too far.
    — Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2022
  • First said in a tweet on Jan. 6 that it was not involved in breaching the Capitol and doesn't condone violence.
    — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The suit alleges that the police chief at the time, James Debbie, did not take any action and might have even condoned the antics.
    — Scott Berson, miamiherald, 18 May 2018
  • The newly pink-haired Ms. Munley said her co-workers condone her new look.
    — Sara Bosworth, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2020
  • On one hand, the magazine doesn’t condone prison escapes.
    — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2018
  • The school had its share of racial incidents, but he was never involved and wasn’t seen as condoning them.
    — ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Losing a friend is bound to hurt, but Miss Manners cannot condone doing it with an insult.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
  • But while there’s no need to condone book burning and plenty of reasons to condemn it, it shouldn’t be punished by law.
    — Suzanne Nossel, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2023
  • It was done in a way that was completely condoned by the French fashion industry.
    — Kristen Bateman, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 July 2015
  • This wasn’t the first time Barkley had condoned violence with NBA players either.
    — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 2 May 2018
  • Gosar said his video was an attempt by his staff to reach a younger audience and was not meant to condone violence.
    — Mariam Khan, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2021
  • There are dipping sauces, but the restaurant doesn’t exactly condone their use.
    — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The 2nd Amendment was never meant to condone murdering kids.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The policy states that the U.S. acknowledges, but does not condone, China's claim of sovereignty over the Taiwan.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Giving them their rightful place among the game’s greats is not the same as condoning or absolving any cheating.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Here's some bad news for those who condone this or uses it theres not a workplace on Earth that will provide this to its employees.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Fairfax Republicans Chair Steve Knotts said in a statement that the party does not condone the laughter in the video.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • More often, nobody knows how to talk about an attitude toward food that the entire sport seems to condone.
    — Erin Berger, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2021

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