condoling

Definition of condolingnext
present participle of condole
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for condoling
Verb
  • They could be seen hugging and consoling each other.
    Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • The outlet reported family members were seen embracing and consoling one another.
    Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • This oh-so-comforting recipe is delicious served over egg noodles for a hearty dinner.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 24 May 2026
  • Early on, many infected people spread the virus to few people, which generated comforting statistics on average.
    Zeynep Tufekci, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • But this wasn't a small-town mayor assuring a few dozen community members at a town hall that municipal improvement efforts would be completed in time for Little League season.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 May 2026
  • But this wasn’t a small-town mayor assuring a few dozen community members at a town hall that municipal improvement efforts would be completed in time for Little League season.
    Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • SpaceX has been blowing up Starship rockets left and right, and the space nerds seem to be cheering them on.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
  • Other videos showed rescuers inside and outside the cave cheering, jumping around and hugging each other in joy after the discovery.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • The reviews have been reassuring that Miller had the right vision.
    Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • The performance of the heat shield, widely recognized as perhaps the program’s most challenging engineering problem, must be reassuring for SpaceX officials seeking to eventually recover and rapidly reuse future ships.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 May 2026
Verb
  • Teammate Malinin, who also had a number of uncharacteristic mistakes in his free program and fell from first to eighth in the men’s event, watched in surprise in the arena, empathizing with the disbelief and pain on Glenn’s face.
    Alice Park, Time, 18 Feb. 2026
  • For the growing Muslim community in the Bay Area, abstaining from eating or drinking during the day is regarded as an act of worship by practicing self-restraint, growing closer to God and empathizing with people who are poor and hungry.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Condoling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/condoling. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.

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