Example Sentences

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Folkes said he had just been fired by Trump and was commiserating with a crew member inside a bar at Trump Tower.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

He was commiserating with a friend in 2018 about his allergies to cats, dust, and pollens, and how things had gotten so bad in his teen years that he tried shots.

From Salon • Aug. 15, 2023

Once during a court break that fell on, no kidding, National Pig Day, I was commiserating with Charlotte attorney Trey Lindley.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

On a recent hot afternoon, he was commiserating with Manuel Bustamante Parra, a 58-year-old friend in similar straits.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2021

When their husbands died everybody was commiserating with them: what will they make a living from?

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by Robinson, William J.