condole
verb (used without object)
to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually followed bywith ).
condoles
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present tense formof condole (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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 Drake, Nelson and Napoleon by Walter Runciman
What! perhaps he condoles with me, does he?
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
