All 3 Uses of
condolence
in
Bleak House
- She had no kind of grace about her, but the grace of sympathy; but when she condoled with the woman, and her own tears fell, she wanted no beauty.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- I say condoled, but her only words were "Jenny!†
Chpt 7-9
- Mr. Jarndyce said that he condoled with him with all his heart and that he set up no monopoly himself in being unjustly treated by this monstrous system.†
Chpt 13-15
Definition:
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(condolence) an expression of sympathy to another who is in sorrow -- typically in grief over a death in the family