(n.) The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.
Example Sentences:
(1) When I commiserate about the overnight flight that brought them here, Linney gives a wry grimace.
(2) Commiserations to the Dutch, but they didn't really turn up tonight, and were very poor.
(3) Why not come and celebrate or commiserate with a dip in the pool?
(4) With such knowledge comes a predictable illusion of power, though this is all too regularly punctured by the indignity of being kicked out of shiny receptions and told to use an entrance more befitting of our lowly status – or of having my pronunciation of “Southwark Street” incorrectly corrected by a receptionist, who gives her colleague a sidelong smirk, commiserating over my supposed ignorance.
(5) "The president commiserates with all the families who lost loved ones in the heinous attacks and extends his heartfelt sympathies to all those who suffered injuries or lost their properties during the wanton assaults on Bauchi and Kaduna States," said a statement.
(6) Putin thanked leaders of other countries for their commiseration, the Kremlin press service announced.
(7) Blair texted him with "commiserations" as did Brown, Coulson revealed.
(8) The deputy prime minister took the opportunity to claim that the first person to call Coulson to commiserate on his resignation was Labour former prime minister Gordon Brown.
(9) But while the arrival of the baby in question will be a cause for celebration for the parents, it is a matter for commiseration for the rest of us.
(10) When David Cameron phoned Ed Miliband on Monday morning with a briefing on Libya they commiserated with each other about being in the doghouse with their families for having broken off their holidays.
(11) Liquidation looks likely as MPs go home to commiserate with their local fallen councillors, and the Lib Dems overtake Labour.
(12) Even as Netanyahu took credit for the release of abducted soldier Gilad Shalit , welcoming him home in person at Tel Nof airbase, he was offering heartfelt commiserations to the relatives of Israelis killed by the Palestinian prisoners he freed in exchange.
(13) Instead, Boehner has offered McConnell not compromise but commiserations.
(14) Within seconds Bouchard was offering commiserations at the net.
(15) Richard Dawkins Oxford • I would like to congratulate Sarah Olney on becoming our new MP in Richmond Park, and give my commiserations to Zac Goldsmith.
(16) My trip back to commiserate with loved ones can wait a few weeks.
(17) ‘I’m sorry for my role as an adult’ The Seattle Resistance Salon was created partly to find others to commiserate with.
(18) Well done to everyone who got the results they wanted today, and commiserations to those that didn't.
(19) Asked to offer commiserations, Pellegrini said: “It is a pity for them.
(20) Mahmoud Muhim, the father of one of the dead protesters, took the microphone during the march and said: "Not one person has offered me commiserations.
Commiserative
Definition:
(a.) Feeling or expressing commiseration.
Example Sentences:
(1) Abbott has punted some key decisions off into a new defence white paper he'll commision if he wins next Saturday.
(2) "Well, if you were to pick up our March edition (on sale February 5), you could see the single healthiest foodstuff available at each and every Premiership ground in the country," writes kindly GU alumnus and now commisioning editor at Men's Health magazine, Dan Jones.
(3) Hodge also pointed out that a new IT system being introduced by the commision to try to save money is already late.
(4) WWF-UK pointed to a set of scenarios it commisioned last year showing that to decarbonise the electricity sector by 2030, as Mr Davey has proposed, gas plants would only be able to run infrequently as back up to renewables.
(5) Obama used the speech to highlight his technology acumen, saying he was the first president to speak at the Federal Trade Commision since Franklin D Roosevelt in 1937.
(6) New standards for pharmaceutical services in hospitals, recently approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Joint Commision of Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH), are presented and compared with the previous standards.
(7) Hammer Films commisioned scripts of all three Quatermass stories, which were box-office successes and are often reshown on TV.
(8) Commisions for the site’s operators would total around $80m at today’s Bitcoin valuations.
(9) Almost three-quarters of older people in the UK are lonely and more than half of those have never spoken to anyone about how they feel, according to a survey carried out for the Jo Cox commision on loneliness.
(10) The first curveball came when the head of the ethics commision, Peter Zevenbergen, attackedcriticised a letter sent by McQuaid to member federations attacking Cookson as anti-democratic, then, as if to ensure balance, detailed allegations from two days ago that the Cookson camp had attempted to bribe the Greek vote with €25,000 (£21,000), had asked them to canvas the Balkan countries, and had hoped that Igor Makarov would sponsor the Tour of Hellas.
(11) Soon after the Russo-Georgian war, on Germany's initiative, the EU created the Tagliavini Commision to study the origin of the conflict, which while not able to ignore the basic facts of Russia's actions enabled the EU to get back to business as usual with Russia.
(12) Fifth, the government is not only repealing the carbon price but also almost every other related government policy or program, including the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the Climate Commision, and has appointed a self-professed climate sceptic, businessman Dick Warburton, to review the renewable energy target, with a strong expectation the target will be wound back.
(13) The report, commisioned by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority , said the effects of sea level rise and changing weather patterns would be felt as early as the next decade.
(14) The most effective method (44.9%) of communication was that of direct, ''face-to-face'' contact, followed by dispensing of information by the Commision for Abortion (24.2%), advertising (7.3%), and by means of maternity service (2%).
(15) Now that we are all talking about it, they need to make sure that we do so in a civilised way.” The result of the general election is still far from certain, with no party able to persuade more than 17% of the electorate to commit to saying they will “definitely” vote for them, according to polling run by ICM and commisioned by British Future.
(16) Quotas should be introduced to ensure that at least a third of all senior judges are women, according to a report commisioned by the Labour party.