Definition of COMMISERATION

Examples of commiserate in a Sentence

"Did you enjoy your breakfast?" "The eggs were runny." "I know." The woman commiserated. "I was thinking, I should just have barged into the kitchen and done them myself." — Alice Munro, Runaway, (2004) 2005 The other potters seemed to slump as one into dejection, all but abandoning their work in favor of long, lugubrious visits to the wine shop, where they commiserated with one another. — Linda Sue Park, A Single Shard, (2001) 2003 "I been readin' about it," she said, referring to the recent breakup of my marriage. … "It's too bad," she commiserated. — Arthur Miller, Timebends, 1987 The pain of losing is diverting. So is the thrill of winning. Winning, however, is lonelier, because those you've taken money from are not apt to commiserate with you. — David Mamet, New York Times Magazine, 20 Apr. 1986 The players commiserated over their loss in the championship game.

Recent Examples on the Web The same Instagram community that facilitates business for first-generation farmers also offers a network to commiserate over discrimination and barriers of entry young farmers face in the industry. — Allison Park, NBC News, "Young Asian Americans turn to farming as a means of cultural reclamation," 28 Oct. 2019 Then, a week later, after clips surfaced of comedian Shane Gillis calling Yang a racial slur, Yang tweeted at Gillis, offering to meet and commiserating about how society has become too vindictive about offensive jokes. — Los Angeles Times, "Andrew Yang faces his critics in the Asian American community," 7 Oct. 2019 James Cutler was the hospital's transplant coordinator, a meticulous man with the commiserating demeanor of a mortician, which was an occupational asset. — oregonlive, "The tragic, redemptive journey of one human heart," 5 Oct. 2019 Two of them are commiserating in the Soldier Field parking lot. — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, "Cris Collinsworth and Al Michaels discuss the ‘double doink’ call: ‘You almost forget you’re talking to 30 million people’," 27 Aug. 2019 Kessler claims Levy is throwing him under the bus but appears later in the trailer to be commiserating with Levy, suggesting a tangled history between the two. — Travis Deshong, Washington Post, "‘The Morning Show’ trailer gives us all the Jennifer Aniston and cable news infighting we could ask for," 19 Aug. 2019 All the characters guard their feelings here, and this is never clearer than in a tender, painful scene in which Brian and his love interest (Melanie Liburd) commiserate. — Alan Zilberman, Twin Cities, "‘Brian Banks’ tells the powerful true story of a man falsely accused of rape," 8 Aug. 2019 There, over soup and tea, Farrell and Supervisor Hillary Ronen commiserated about their shared disgust with money ruling politics in San Francisco. — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, "Unusual pairing of supervisors helped unite majority of board against Breed," 29 Jan. 2018 His players were at his back, at the other end of the field, applauding their fans, commiserating with them, the mood proud but somber, stony faces and distant eyes. — Rory Smith, New York Times, "Croatia Digs Deeper, Burying England’s World Cup Dreams," 12 July 2018

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“Commiserate.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commiseration. Accessed 22 January 2020.