All 3 Uses of
condolence
in
Gone with the Wind
- In the seventh week, there came a telegram from Colonel Hampton himself, and then a letter, a kind, dignified letter of condolence.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- She had taken an important and melancholy pleasure in talking to the condolence callers.†
Chpt 4.47
- He cut the ladies and their well-meant condolences off shortly, rudely.†
Chpt 5.60
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