Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 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

He commiserates, and it sounds genuine — the ambivalent doctor trying to help parents make sense of a chaotic world.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2018

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