condoling

Example Sentences

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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

And thus perished,—to borrow from the simple eulogium of his seafaring friends, whom I heard long after condoling with my mother,—"one of the best sailors that ever sailed the Moray Firth."

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh