commiserate
verb (used without object)
to sympathize (usually followed bywith ).
had commiserated
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past perfectof commiserate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Once the women of the house — my mother, my grandmother, my aunts — had commiserated with him over his father, they took an instant aversion to him.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2021
The rap collective Refugee formed in 2013, after a group of artists had commiserated over feelings of creative alienation in the city.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2018
And although a certain benevolent aunt had commiserated his poverty-stricken condition and had sent him an insignificant sum, nevertheless he asked me to help him to equip himself.
From A Reckless Character And Other Stories by Isabel Florence Hapgood
The woman who had commiserated with Edith now nodded approval at Amy.
From Fidelity A Novel by Susan Glaspell
