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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 Hapgood, Isabel Florence

The woman who had commiserated with Edith now nodded approval at Amy.

From Fidelity A Novel by Glaspell, Susan