commiserate
verb (used without object)
to sympathize (usually followed bywith ).
is commiserating
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present progressiveof commiserate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Between bites, everyone is commiserating about the public defender’s funding crisis, and how ill-equipped they are to fill in.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2016
And if the allure of advice columns is commiserating over troubles with a universal flavor, then it only stands to reason that there will be as many solutions as there are readers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2011
He is commiserating with a father who had lost his own brilliant daughter — a computer programmer certified by Microsoft at the age of nine.
From Washington Post
