How to Use commiserate in a Sentence

commiserate

verb
  • The players commiserated over their loss in the championship game.
  • Campbell said it’s a good idea for the middle-aged to commiserate their woes with their peers.
    René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Mar. 2022
  • In the sweltering heat, few had the bandwidth to commiserate about a conflict half a world away.
    Raffi Joe Wartanian, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2020
  • In the past year, I have been asked many times to reflect and comment and commiserate on the state of our country.
    Vernon E. Jordan, The New Yorker, 7 June 2017
  • One goal of the letter was to commiserate with passengers.
    Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2022
  • Sikora believes anyone who’s had to turn their back on their past and make a move to a new place will be able to commiserate.
    Rivea Ruff, Essence, 4 Feb. 2022
  • But even students who haven’t been involved in the campaign have other venues to laugh at and commiserate about it.
    Willy Blackmore, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2022
  • And, if all else fails, feel free to commiserate with fellow parents.
    L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 15 July 2023
  • But lately all of them came to commiserate about a job that had become more fraught and unpredictable during the past few months.
    Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Fight scenes give you something to jointly commiserate over or cheer over, if things go well or don’t.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Havlicek came to the Lakers’ locker room to commiserate.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
  • The women commiserate over their lousy demises and each recounts her plunge into love with the wrong wooing man.
    Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 14 Apr. 2017
  • There was no time to commiserate or to process their experiences.
    Caryn M. Sullivan, Twin Cities, 4 July 2019
  • The two also seemed to commiserate on politics and the league’s hiring practices.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The two also seemed to commiserate about politics and the league’s hiring practices.
    New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • In those times, dozens of downtown sports bars stand in the gap and offer beer, grub and a space to celebrate or commiserate with other fans.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2022
  • When the shortage was announced, fans took to social media to commiserate.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2022
  • The comics Beth Evans draws celebrate you on your good days and can commiserate with you on your bad days.
    Health.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • The video has been viewed more than 2 millions times, with commenters chiming in to commiserate.
    Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Others want to commiserate with like-minded people who are going through a tough time trying to find their way in the workplace.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Never mind that country music is — or was, a few decades back — the genre people could count on to commiserate in self-pity.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 19 July 2023
  • Lawrence commiserated that Streep had tripped her once.
    Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Men hear about a personal scenario and tend to problem-solve first, and commiserate later.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Two of them are commiserating in the Soldier Field parking lot.
    Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • People across the state commiserated on social media, sharing photos, gifs and memes about the spring storm.
    Lainey Seyler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Tag along with Tomlinson, commiserate from coast to coast.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2022
  • In a truly shocking twist, Genevieve huffs off to go commiserate with… Shanae!
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Maybe Brown should commiserate about the celebrity dating game with Lucy Hale.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Hockey fans around the Beltway can relate—and commiserate.
    Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • After seeing the tweets, fans couldn't help but vent their feelings to Mandy and commiserate with each other over their sadness.
    Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 5 Jan. 2022

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