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The phrase "were condemned to" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means that someone or something was sentenced to a punishment or negative situation. Example: The prisoners were condemned to life in prison for their crimes. In this sentence, "were condemned to" expresses that the prisoners received a sentence or punishment of life in prison. Another example: The town was condemned to suffer through a heatwave without air conditioning. Here, "were condemned to" conveys that the town was forced to endure a difficult situation without relief. Overall, "were condemned to" can be used in any situation where someone or something is sentenced to a negative outcome or situation.
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Two were condemned to death.
French Muslims, he said, were condemned to "eternally divided" lives.
Instead, the men were retried; 19 were condemned to death.
Protected from execution by the church, the offenders were condemned to exile.
The two Serbs, currently in a Sarajevo prison, were condemned to death by a military court.
They were among the nomadic raiders defeated by Gideon and were condemned to annihilation by Samuel.
The high point for death sentences was 1996, when 315 people were condemned to die.
Those who survived the cruel journey were condemned to a life of brutal servitude".
Because of a few spools of thread and a dozen needles, people were condemned to death.
F.' (travaux forcés) were branded on French criminals who were condemned to hard labor".
You were condemned to success because there were so few films, especially decent films".
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