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condole

[kuhn-dohl] / kənˈdoʊl /


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There will be time to collectively mourn, condole and rebuild, when they no longer are, when all communities are safe.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2025

I will definitely miss him and I condole with his family, his BBC fans and the BBC family.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2014

We had assembled to condole with a martyr.

From Time Magazine Archive

She played golf with him;, was always around to congratulate him or condole over his score.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Am I to condole with you, then?" asked Harmes.

From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Ellison Harding

Her team listens, condoles with the families and tries to humanise the situation.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

In his best vestryman's voice, T. S. Eliot restates his cultured disenchantment with the wartime world and condoles with humanity, shivering in "the cold wind That blows before and after time."

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, children who have hurt themselves often cry, not at the pain, but at the thought of the pain which is awakened when some one condoles with them.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

He seems at home everywhere; talks politics, guesses your needs, cracks a joke, or condoles with you on your misfortunes with an elongated face.

From The Englishwoman in America by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

While the billow mournful rolls, And the mermaid's song condoles, Singing—"Glory to the souls Of the brave!"

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

Marcos Jr. visited Ramos’ wake Thursday and condoled with the family of Ramos, who, he said, “was a symbol of stability after all the tumultuous events of 1986.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 8, 2022

They condoled with her for the hate mail.

From The Guardian Sep. 22, 2019

"Mr. American, how come you haven't even condoled?"

From US News Oct. 22, 2014

Last week tough old Atheist Clemenceau, 87, followed Death to the house of Christian Foch, 77, and condoled privily with Mme. la Marechale.

From Time Magazine Archive

That wan wretch unhurt Soon bondless lay condoled.

From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Madison Julius Cawein

Lukashenko placed red roses at Makei’s coffin before his burial Tuesday and briefly touched the dead man’s arm, gazing at him for a few moments, dry-eyed, before condoling with Makei’s family.

From Washington Post Dec. 1, 2022

Now, I’m very sad to be condoling with his family and friends.

From Slate Oct. 31, 2020

These days you’ll see that condoling frowny face on nearly TV-news emissary.

From Time Oct. 31, 2014

They speak in genial or condoling tones; they have only the best interests of their corporations at heart and truly hope you see it their way.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before I knew where I was the man was condoling with me on my lord’s neglect of my lady 164 and myself, and his hurtful indulgence to his son.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson




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