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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

Last week Mrs. McGuire, owner of 40 dogs herself, hurried to Long Island to condole with Poopchin and the Pekes.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

An old verger whom I knew lost his wife, and a clergyman went in the evening after the funeral to condole with him.

From Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How by How, Frederick Douglas

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

“Qu’est-ce que tu veux, ma pauvre Mimi?” condoles Céleste, as she approaches the family feline.

From The Real Latin Quarter by Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley)

“When the world congratulates us we rejoice, when it condoles with us we weep.”

From The Daughters of Danaus by Caird, Mona

He condoles with me that the unbridled people occasion me so much trouble.

From Egmont by Swanwick, Anna

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

Every one condoled with him on his loss.

From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia

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

To his headquarters at the Hotel Commodore in New York City had come more than 30,000 letters, in growing volume, most of them not condoling with him but urging him to continue his "crusade."

From Time Magazine Archive

Then, says he, in his soft condoling Voice, "What is the next Article?"

From Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick by Doyle, Richard




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