- present participle of condole.
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
She could remember visitors condoling with her mother on this misfortune, and the gentle lady deploring it also, and striving by the use of washes and leaden combs to darken the over-bright locks.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
