condole
verb (used without object)
to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually followed bywith ).
had been condoling
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past perfect progressiveof condole.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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We had been condoling with one another over the impossibility of finding anything among our water-colours that would express the wondrous tints before our eyes.
From Chantry House by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The doctor, for instance, was somewhat taken aback one day by the reply of a poor man with whom he had been condoling over the death of an only son.
From North, South and over the Sea by M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell) Francis
