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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

And they stood around to condole while Nyoda’s side prepared supper.

From The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey

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

While the billow mournful rolls, And the mermaid’s song condoles, Singing glory to the souls Of the brave!

From The King's Own by Frederick Marryat

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

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

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

He condoled with the afflicted nephew in terms of the sincerest sympathy.

From Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

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

The natural privations of such a person elicit in his favor the condoling sympathies of all considerate persons.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger


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