Sample Sentences for
commiserate
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    "Yeah, same here," she said in a commiserating tone.  (source)
    commiserating = sympathizing
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    ...It was over, then......He hesitated outside the crowded Great Hall, then ran up the marble staircase; whether Gryffindor had won or lost, the team usually celebrated or commiserated in their own common room.  (source)
    commiserated = shared sorrow
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    Mother came home and commiserated with Ender about the monitor.  (source)
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    The commonest way of softening the hearts of those we have offended, when, vengeance in hand, they hold us at their mercy, is by submission to move them to commiseration and pity.  (source)
    commiseration = sympathy or compassion
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    And so, near the end of that time, she could only commiserate with Trudy, who now obviously longed to find the thing as much as Almondine, and who had, for some reason, begun to spend her time lying in bed instead of going to the kennel.  (source)
    commiserate = sympathize
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    When I was born, people in our village commiserated with my mother and nobody congratulated my father.  (source)
    commiserated = sympathized
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    I'd assumed I'd be consoling Laura, commiserating with her, hearing a sad tale, but instead she was lecturing me.  (source)
    commiserating = sharing sorrow
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    There were commiserations from the others, and many, many stories about pneumonia.  (source)
    commiserations = expressions of sympathy
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    She commiserates with a friend whose mother has also left.†  (source)
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    Henry looked at him commiseratingly, and said, "I'll be almighty glad when this trip's over."†  (source)
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    Mostly the messages expressed varying degrees of shock, outrage and commiseration.†  (source)
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    As an adolescent, I learned to commiserate with my Jewish friends.  (source)
    commiserate = sympathize
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    Chataya commiserated with him a moment, then excused herself and glided off.†  (source)
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