How do you use Condole in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like commiserate or sympathize, plus the exact meaning.
Condole in a sentence
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Condole meaning
- Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone.
- To express deep sorrow; to grieve, to lament.
- To express regret or sorrow over (an undesirable event or other misfortune); to bemoan, to grieve, to lament.
Synonyms of Condole
Using Condole
- The main meaning on this page is: Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone. | To express deep sorrow; to grieve, to lament. | To express regret or sorrow over (an undesirable event or other misfortune); to bemoan, to grieve, to lament.
- Useful related words include: commiserate, sympathize, sympathise.
- In the example corpus, condole often appears in combinations such as: to condole, condole with, condole for.
Context around Condole
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Condole
- In this selection, "condole" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, india, scene, loss, departure and families stand out and add context to how "condole" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include state to condole with the and 2020 to condole with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "condole" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with condole
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He came to condole for Samaila Isa (Funtua). (8 words)
I condole with the families of the dead. (8 words)
Odisha train tragedy: World leaders extend support to India, condole loss. (11 words)
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to show empathy to the plight of Nigerians by paying a visit on the people of Benue State to condole with victims of the horrific killing of defenseless Nigerians by marauders. (42 words)
The sons of deceased including Mahmood Ullah Afridi, Bilal Shah Afridi, Ahmad Shah Afridi and other family members paid thanks to PPP’s chairman Bilawal Bhutto for visiting them to condole departure of Late Rehmat Shah Afridi to eternity. (39 words)
Shehu hinted that the president has since constituted a delegation led by the Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) to visit the family, and condole with the government and people of the state over the loss. (39 words)
Example sentences (18)
Odisha train tragedy: World leaders extend support to India, condole loss.
The sons of deceased including Mahmood Ullah Afridi, Bilal Shah Afridi, Ahmad Shah Afridi and other family members paid thanks to PPP’s chairman Bilawal Bhutto for visiting them to condole departure of Late Rehmat Shah Afridi to eternity.
This figure comes shortly after Governor Aminu Masari of the State sent a delegation under the leadership of Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Muntari Lawal to condole with families of the victims.
PM visits Asfandyar’s residence: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the residence of ANP leader Asfandyar Wali Khan to condole over the death of his wife.
Buhari was in Maiduguri on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 to condole with the state government following a Boko Haram attack that led to the deaths of over 30 persons on a barricaded highway.
He came to condole for Samaila Isa (Funtua).
I condole with the families of the dead.
Shehu hinted that the president has since constituted a delegation led by the Minister of Defence, Maj-Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) to visit the family, and condole with the government and people of the state over the loss.
After leaving Dowa, the UTM president went to Ntcheu where he visited four villages to condole the bereaved families.
Social media activist Phillip Ogola once aptly captured the response of politicians to a disaster as follows: "Rush to the scene, condole families, donate items, issue a tough statement, form a commission, wait for another disaster, repeat above".
He said asking President Muhammadu Buhari to come to the state to condole with the people is irrelevant ‘because we do not need him but he needs us and God will fight for us’.
Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer for Nyasa Big Bullets Freetwood Haiya said the team will not condole any act of violence in football.
NAN gathered that the Emir was in Daura to condole with the president over the death of his two extended family members and also console him on the auto-accident involving the President’s son, Yusuf.
One would expect that a responsive government would have visited Benue to condole with the people over the gruesome murder of innocent lives,” Suswam posited.
President Muhammadu Buhari is in his hometown Daura, Katsina State to condole with the family of late senator Engr.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has joined other mourners to condole the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the death of some of its members.
The Ekiti state governor gave the advice on Thursday, February 8 when he led a delegation of his cabinet members to condole with Ortom over the New Year killing of 73 citizens in Benue state.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to show empathy to the plight of Nigerians by paying a visit on the people of Benue State to condole with victims of the horrific killing of defenseless Nigerians by marauders.
Common combinations with condole
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to condole 13×
- condole with 10×
- condole for 2×
- condole the 2×