commiserate
verb (used without object)
to sympathize (usually followed bywith ).
commiserates
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present tense formof commiserate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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
In the middle of “The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side,” Jane Marple commiserates with one of her friends about all the changes that have come to their beloved village, St. Mary Mead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
It commiserates about the water bill and shoots the breeze.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 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
When I relate this to Caroline on the phone, she commiserates, “Ugh, a no-brainer. ”
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
