Example Sentences

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“So even if they’re aware that they’re not supposed to condone the way people are speaking, or they shouldn’t be that way in those environments, they will condone it,” she said.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

“Ukip does not, has not and never will condone racism,” he told the Mail on Sunday.

From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2018

For though Thy promises our faith compel,     Yet, Lord, what man shall venture to maintain     That pity will condone our long neglect?

From Sonnets by Symonds, John Addington

Surely there are sins which le bon Dieu Himself will condone.

From The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

If she is loved, love in her eyes will condone anything—anything.

From Hints for Lovers by Haultain, T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold)