commiserate
verb (used without object)
to sympathize (usually followed bywith ).
were commiserating
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past progressiveof commiserate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Huneven said that last year, as the smoke cleared, she and Zack were commiserating one day about what had been lost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
In Iten, Jonah Kiplagat, a 32-year-old motorcyclist who retired from road running due to injury, said the residents of the hamlet on the edge of the picturesque Kerio Valley were commiserating with Kiprop.
From Reuters ● May 4, 2018
We were commiserating because I’ve been going through a great deletion myself.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2018
Early on Tuesday, Ann and I were commiserating over social media about the continued non-induction of Chic—the Rock Hall’s current Susan Lucci, with eight nominations and no induction.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2013
A group of young men of his set were commiserating with him on his luck and discussing it with the finished air of roués of double their ages.
From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
