Example Sentences

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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 Francis, M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell)

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 Yonge, Charlotte Mary