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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

Commiserate, kom-iz′ėr-āt, v.t. to feel for the miseries of another: to pity: to condole with.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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

He is at Sorrento now, and chaffingly condoles with me on the remote prospects of a continental trip, at any rate on his account.

From Windyridge by W. Riley

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

He is truly my friend who, with a ready presence of mind, supports me; not he who condoles with me upon my ill success, and says he is sorry for my loss.

From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop

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

The President condoled with them, thanked them for their public spirit.

From Time Magazine Archive

In kind yet constrained tones the monarch condoled with her as he heard of Fido's disappearance.

From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Louisa Morgan

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

She threw a deprecatory glance at the Hermit, as though condoling with him on his own late arrival on the scene.

From The Daughters of a Genius by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


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