Example Sentences

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That night, before going back on shift, Letby exchanges texts with a colleague who commiserates, saying "you seem to be having some very bad luck".

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2023

He teases people about their sneakers and commiserates with people about life on skid row.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2022

Biden was only 10 when his father, in search of a steady job, moved the family to Delaware, a wrenching decision that Biden often cites as he commiserates with the choices facing middle-class workers.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2020

Clinton traveled to New York to appear on “SNL” as hoped, playing a bartender named Val who commiserates with Kate McKinnon’s Clinton.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2016

She commiserates with a friend whose mother has also left.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario