How to Use condone in a Sentence

condone

verb
Definition of condonenext
Synonyms for condonenext
  • This kind of behavior flies in the face of our service’s core values and this organization refuses to condone it.
    — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Orange County Register, 7 Apr. 2017
  • DaimlerChrysler is now condoning biodiesel blends of up to 20 percent in its vehicles.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 20 Jan. 2006
  • The contrast would be Debbie praising Brad for his surplus of testosterone and using that to condone bad behavior.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2017
  • The facts are the rude booing from my perspective facing the audience condoning the actions of this man, are coming from the younger people in the audience.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 12 May 2015
  • A remarkable number of those talkers condoned the attack, either outright or by pointing to other bad things that have happened elsewhere on earth at various points in the past.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 26 May 2017
  • Attridge said a Catholic school allowing same-sex dates may be seen as condoning students acting on impulses that are officially against church teachings.
    — Shawn R. Beals, courant.com, 10 May 2017
  • Today ousted Lauer’s co-anchor at the time, Ann Curry, a move that Lauer at the very least condoned and, by some accounts, helped orchestrate.
    — vanityfair.com, 23 Feb. 2017
  • Otherwise the larger organization appears to condone it.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2017
  • White institutions created it, white institutions maintain, and white society condones it.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 1 Jan. 1950
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 First Amendment also protects the right of people to hold and state views that may be very offensive to some, or many, people without condoning those views or approving those views.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
  • All that rings hollow now when these same university presidents condone the assault and arrest of their students for doing these very things.
    — Noëlle McAfee, Scientific American, 13 June 2024

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