condole
verb (used without object)
to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually followed bywith ).
were condoling
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past progressiveof condole.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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Two traveling men, who had not met in several years, were condoling with each other on their increasing baldness.
From More Toasts by Marion Dix Mosher
Paul, listening, could hear voices, as though the boys were condoling with one another; but there was no longer the sound of footsteps.
From The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain by George A. Warren
She spoke as if she were condoling with me on the demise of a near relative.
From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
While those about him were condoling with him in his distress, a workman suddenly entered the room, lamenting that “Poor Benvenuto’s work was irretrievably spoiled!”
From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Samuel Smiles
She had her back to the velveteen husband, she sat close between two strange young men, who were condoling with her.
From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
